Goals!

Traveling is about finding those things you never knew you were

looking for.

Since my 3 Polish cities trip, I have been relaxing, exploring Krakow, applying for internships, and planning future trips.

Exploring:

2 weeks ago I set a goal to do something by myself. I realized that I don’t do anything alone here and I wanted to gain my independence back. When I first got here I didn’t want to be alone because I am in a completely new environment. But it had been a month, so I could handle doing something small on my own. So 2 weeks ago, I went to Wesoła cafe, had a coffee and trip planned. I had been to Wesoła a day or two before with Bree, but this time I went all by myself. I felt accomplished.

This week’s goal was to do 2 things by myself, extra points if it was something NEW. On Monday, I took an adventure to a new part of town and had a coffee at Nap Nap cafe. I give the adventure an 7/10. I was hoping for an iced coffee (since it was 60 degrees out!) but Nap Nap didn’t have ice. Nap Nap didn’t have wifi either which I desperately needed to trip plan and buy concert tickets. BUT, Nap Nap was very cute inside and the barista was super kind. So extra points for something new!

After Nap Nap, I headed to the grocery store. This was a 6/10 adventure. I went to a different Auchan than normal because I went to the one closest one to the coffee place. The buses were running behind schedule so I had to wait longer than usual . The layout of the store was different and the bus stop home was not right outside the store. So, I had a long walk in the dark by myself to find this random bus stop. I made it safely but I did not enjoy it. The good part of this trip was that I was able to find spaghetti sauce!! Like REAL spaghetti sauce, not pizza or Mexican sauce! #IYKYK

I did Polish Zumba last week and it was so much fun! The nice thing about Zumba is that you don’t need to speak the language to understand what is going on. All you have to do is follow the teacher.

I had my first study tour for my culture, heritage and history class! Our professor took our class to the National Museum and to the Underground Museum. College should include more study tours. The Underground Museum is really interesting because the city of Krakow used to be 3m below where it is now. So way back when, the people living in Krakow would throw their trash into the street where it would stay. Because of that the city is now 3m higher above sea level! Because of it, the ground floor of all buildings became the basements and ground floors here are level 1 instead of 0.

Internships:

Since I didn’t have a trip planned this past weekend, I spent a few hours applying for internships. I applied at BASF, Proctor and Gamble (P&G), Johnson & Johnson, L’Oreal, PPG and Henkel.

The goal is to get an internship in cosmetics this summer. I’ve heard back from P&G, J&J, and PPG so far. P&G and J&J made me do personality tests, puzzles, and a digital interview. I’m scheduling a phone interview with PPG soon! Hopefully, I’ll have a job set up by the time I get back to the US!

Future Trips:

I am SO VERY EXCITED for my mom, Aunt Jessie, and cousin, Maddie, to visit me in less than a month! I’ve started making a list of things to see, places to visit and restaurants to eat at! It’s going to be a girls trip of a lifetime!!!!!!!!

Mae, Ethan and I started planning our trip to Israel! The plan is to spend time in Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Jerusalem, and Haifa. We are definitely taking a trip to the Dead Sea too!

On Friday, USAC is taking a trip to the Wieliczka Salt Mine. @Nicole, if you’re reading this, I am going to lick the salt walls and you cannot stop me.

This weekend, I’d like to visit Warsaw. Traveling to Polish cities is much easier than other countries because it’s dirt cheap to get there, stay, eat and my Polish phone plan still works.

I added a new page to this website called YouTube Videos. Savanna has made a video about our trip to London and the 3 Polish cities. The videos are directly attached to my blog. Check them out please, she did a really great job!!

I also uploaded a TON of pictures from Wrocław, Poznań, and Łódź on the pictures pages so take a look at those! The pictures are divided up by city so it’s easy to follow.