Hello world!

Hi friends!

Welcome to my first blog ever!!!My name is Nadine and I am a recent college graduate. I am currently taking a gap year while I apply to medical school, so what better way to spend my gap year than traveling right? Well, I work full time, but travel every chance I get. I wanted to start this blog because it is both a good way for me to keep record of my travel experiences and to also share my incredible experiences with all of you.

However, it is worth mentioning that my passion for traveling did not spontaneously begin this year. Instead, it began when I was a little girl. While growing up, my family would travel to Damascus, Syria every summer for 3 months where we would visit extended family, practice speaking Arabic, indulge in authentic Arab cuisine, and get immersed in Arab culture (look out for a post about my beloved Syria). Anyway, this was my favorite time of the year because I got to first handedly explore a different part of the world and adopt their values as my own. I knew I wanted to travel the world one day. Since then, I have traveled to 20+ countries and am currently planning my next trip.

Traveling gives me the opportunity to not only discover new cultures and educate myself on the lives of other humans, but also to take risks and put myself in uncomfortable situations where I am forced to grow. To travel is to learn. By traveling to different parts of the world, I am silencing my curious mind. I will never run out of places to travel. In other words, I will never stop learning.