Leaving behind the family vacations, or at least mixing them with more travel opportunities, began when I entered high school. I traveled a lot, now that I think of it.
Grade nine - Dad and I went for a six day theatre tour in London England - we stayed in Picadilly Circus (the same hotel he stayed in in the 70's when he was rescued from Serbia by the British general who smuggled him back to London). We explored, enjoyed the rain and went to the theatre. We saw 'An Inspector Calls', Blood Brothers, The Lion King, ok and one other which I forget.
I also spent a week in Quebec performing with my high schools dance theatre workshop.
That same summer we took a family roadtrip out to PEI. We spent a night in Montreal, a couple days in old Quebec city and then New Brunswick and PEI. (yes I saw Anne of Green Gables House - yes, all my dreams came true).
Grade 10 - Family vacation to the Dominican Republic - a change in our traveling style, but for my first time at a resort I rather enjoyed it. Different when you're only 15 - more playing board games by the pool, eating fries and getting sun burned. (how unappreciative).
Plus yet another week performing with the dance workshop - this time in New York. Although we performed right downtown Manhattan, we stayed in Queens and we didn't really see any of the tourist attractions. And so... in
Grade 11 - we went back. Shayda, Mom and I spent Thanksgiving Weekend in New York City. Mostly this involved shopping. I also returned to Costa Rica this year with the grade 11 world citizenship class. We spent two weeks working in a tiny village, revamping their community center and spending time with the locals.
Grade 12 - As the teaching assistant for the grade 11 class I got to go on the service trip again - this time to the Bahamas. We spent one week working in an AIDS hospice, and the next doing a literacy and moral education program in a primary school.
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