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Nov 18
Learning Through Travel

Long-term travel, despite some stereotypes, is not just parties and goofing off. The best long-term travel is where you can learn. Whether you are on a gap year, learning what you want to do in life, on a career break learning skills to help further you professionally, or just out there learning because you enjoy learning – having a plan before you go is a great way to make sure you get the most out of your trip.
QUESTION 1:
Have you used travel as an educational experience? If so, where did you go and what did you do and learn.
QUESTION 2:
Tell us 3 places you’d like to go, what you want to learn, and why you’d like to learn it there. Why do you want to learn this? (Professionally? Personally? Another reason?)

I always look for learning opportunities when I travel. I’ve improved my Hungarian during my trips to Hungary over the past 4 years and I am certainly better in Italian as well. And from every trip abroad (except to Vienna) I’ve learn to prepare at least one dish.

I’d love to go back to Italy for two things: get to speak Italian like a native and learn to prepare more dishes.

I’d love to go back to Greece for two things: learn Greek (I barely speak a dozen words) and learn to prepare more dishes.

I’d love to visit Argentina to learn to tango and dance batchata.

I strongly believe that the more languages you speak, the more you can accomplish both in your personal and professional life.