Beginnings

Hello good folk of Edina and beyond,


Today marks the day that I finally start this lovely blog after a couple of attempts at starting this thing (thank you Thea Zerbe for kicking my butt and making me start this). Anyways, in about four days and a couple hours I will be boarding a large airplane to head to the Atlanta, Georgia airport from there I will be heading to Lima, Peru. As you can see from the map to your right, Lima is no where near my  final destination of Cajamarca, so I will be taking a small airplane to my final destination so I don't have to hitchhike the many hundred miles in between.


For those of you who don't know why I'm making this journey I will tell you. At Edina High School we are given the opportunity to do May Term. May Term is during the last two weeks of school after AP testing, if we so choose we can do a project or an internship and get out of school or we can stay in school and have our heads bored off. As you can imagine I choose to do May Term. More specifically a cultural study in Peru. Why Peru you may ask? Well my cousin Amy Colby and her husband Eric have been living in Cajamarca for about 2 years now so, one Skype call and a couple family meetings later and I was writing my May Term application: destination Peru. 

Me, Eric and Amy about 3 years ago.


So until I get to say goodbye to my high school years for the last time I have to do a few things. One of those major things is to pack my suitcase, which to you men out there might not seem like a big deal or anything, but for us girls its like deciding who were going to marry, what kind of dog we want and the names of a first four children every single time we go on a trip, BIG DEAL. Other then taking probably close to three or four hours packing, I still need to get through my last four days of high school, saying goodbye to teachers and friends that I won't see until graduation (shout out to my GOPE girls! gonna miss the sisterhood). These last couple days will be bitter sweet end to a couple of years building bonds and the education to start new and fresh during the upcoming fall. I can't wait to set my feet in a new direction and explore the world ahead of me!


T-minus: 4 days, 19 hours and 14 minutes and counting!


Besos y Abrazos!


Julia