Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

— Gustave Flaubert

**I like this quote because it makes me feel like I will be expanding MY world and getting out of the only life I’ve known in Chicago and Wilmette.

As I finish packing for my first international trip, I want to share with you all how I am feeling and why I am excited to go to Colombia. Here is a list of all the things I’m excited about:

• Making new friends
• Building bikes
• Handing out gifts
• Shopping at the street vendors
• Practicing my Spanish
• Getting out of Chicago winters (it’s 80 degrees in Colombia)
• Spending time with my family
• Seeing how people live in other countries

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