Absence of Posts:
First off, I know many of you guys have noticed that I have
not written many posts within the last few weeks. I tried for a very long to keep my blog
updated however, I am now at a point in my traveling where I am no longer
visiting friends. This means that I am
staying in hostels during my travels (which I really enjoy) however I have
limited internet during my stay here. Some
places don’t have any internet or if they do, I am not given the bandwidth
needed to create my blog (takes 3+ hours to upload my pictures) and therefore I
have resolved to continue my posts upon my return to the states.
I have been maintaining a written traveling journal and will
use these daily entries to refresh my brain on what cities/activates I have
partaken in on my trip.
I wish I could keep you guys updated every step of the way, as
I have been averaging 60+ readers per post, but there is just so much to see in
my last few weeks and I simply don’t have the time or resources to maintain an
active blog.
Life Post Europe
As many of you guys know, I am deeply interested in politics
(active in my university’s student government every year at UC) and am considering
in a career path that deals with environmental economic legislation. Some of you know that I interviewed with
Speaker Boehner (Ohio Representative) a week after graduation (in DC) and just
about one week ago I am happy to say that
I will be starting a non-paid internship for the Speaker’s office starting
October 3rd! (This means
that I am returning from my Europe trip ~2weeks earlier than previously
expected)
This internship will allow me to investigate a lifelong
passion by combining my two favorite topics: politics and environmental
policies. My day-to-day work schedule of
Speaker Boehner’s office will consist of Capitol building tours (interacting
with Ohio residents), completing daily tasks around the office, and attending
any committee meetings of my choosing (just have to give a few hours advance
notice to the tour organizers). I am
truly very excited for this amazing chance to see Washington DC (my hometown)
from the Speaker’s office during one of the most exciting and impactful presidential
elections I’ve ever seen and learn more about the legislature process. I have already started to research
interesting facts to throw into my daily guided tours (as I plan to surpass
expectations) and would LOVE to give any friends/family members guided tours of
The Capitol Building (perhaps sneaking up to the Speaker’s porch that overlooks
the National Mall and best view of DC).
The timing of this internship will work out perfectly, as I
will conduct this internship from October to January. Upon January, I will start at GE Aviation in
their Environmental Health & Safety Operations Management Leadership
Program (EHS OMLP) where I will continue my knowledge on environmental policy
implementation. This will consist of
moving to new sites every six months for two years while I learn supply chain
management practices and regulatory requirements and process control.
I believe both jobs will give me an insight into something I
am very passionate about and I look forward to learning more about these two
fields and hopefully, discovering my role amongst them along the way. Well, that’s the plan anyways…..
Big thanks to Tim Lolli and Gigi Escoe both helped me obtain
this dream internship.
Europe Adventure Final
Blog Overview
To those who are following my trip, my last post was Venice
(with my Mom). I will be working on the
following posts over the next few months:
- Rome (with my Mom)
- Vienna (Part II)
- Athens and Greek Islands (by myself)
- Istanbul (with Oliver and a friend of his)
- Vienna (Part III)
- Prague (with Stephane and Joanna)
- Dresden (with Steph)
- Hamburg (with Steph)
- Berlin (with Steph)
- Stockholm (by myself, meet Matt***)
- Copenhagen (with Matt)
- Amsterdam (with Matt)
Things in the working:
- Switzerland (perhaps)
- Nice, France (perhaps)
- Milan (perhaps)
- Salzburg, Austria (before Octoberfest)
- Munich (Sept. 19-24/25?, staying with Ashley Watson’s college friend Melissa McPartland)
- Brussels (Nico and hopefully Oliver/Marlene until my flight home on Sept 30th)
