Excellent piece. I did a year abroad too although mine was split between the less exotic France and Germany and stayed on for the summer in Germany to work in a stinky, sweaty catfood factory.
It changed my life and I knew I had to live abroad as soon as I could. I split my year between Turkey and Greece now, thirty years later.
You were brave in Jordan. Backpacking in Morocco as a single young man, made me understand what women go through in many parts of the world, beautiful that it was.
I do hope no lasting damage was done taking off the cast!
thank you james that’s much appreciated! ah sounds amazing, i did a joint honours too so spent the summer in barcelona which was a lot less chaotic, im sure you have some good stories from the catfood factory. its a little addictive, once you get used to it youre itching to go somewhere else! and yes was a very interesting place to be as a woman not sure many of my male classmates were proposed to… ligaments in my foot are all good now thanks!!
You never know! I received many propositions (if not exactly proposals 😆) in Morocco, and decided to leave a week ahead of schedule. I got rather tired of men being touchy feely. Not sure if Jordan is the same - Turkey is nothing like that thankfully.
A very nostalgic read, it had me laughing but also clutching my heart - you captured the best parts extremely well! I hope we never forget that year and all its anecdotes and charm
Hii Kristina - came to this piece a little late but I love everything you have to say about Jordon! I did my year abroad in Canada and in no way it compares to the wild experience you had in Jordan haha but I got to travel to a bit of Central and South America and it started a whole new perspective for me as that's when I started solo travelling. So even though sometimes I would wish I have studied in a more adventurous places, I am happy that's where life took me.
Excellent piece. I did a year abroad too although mine was split between the less exotic France and Germany and stayed on for the summer in Germany to work in a stinky, sweaty catfood factory.
It changed my life and I knew I had to live abroad as soon as I could. I split my year between Turkey and Greece now, thirty years later.
You were brave in Jordan. Backpacking in Morocco as a single young man, made me understand what women go through in many parts of the world, beautiful that it was.
I do hope no lasting damage was done taking off the cast!
thank you james that’s much appreciated! ah sounds amazing, i did a joint honours too so spent the summer in barcelona which was a lot less chaotic, im sure you have some good stories from the catfood factory. its a little addictive, once you get used to it youre itching to go somewhere else! and yes was a very interesting place to be as a woman not sure many of my male classmates were proposed to… ligaments in my foot are all good now thanks!!
You never know! I received many propositions (if not exactly proposals 😆) in Morocco, and decided to leave a week ahead of schedule. I got rather tired of men being touchy feely. Not sure if Jordan is the same - Turkey is nothing like that thankfully.
WOW!! It sounds insane and so amazing, this is my literal dream🥹
I loved reading this!!
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Hi Vivi thank you so much im so happy to hear!! I’ve just subbed, look forward to reading your work :)
Ugh that sounds incredible I wish I could’ve done something like this!!!
never too late!!
A very nostalgic read, it had me laughing but also clutching my heart - you captured the best parts extremely well! I hope we never forget that year and all its anecdotes and charm
yay glad you liked it aisha!!
Hii Kristina - came to this piece a little late but I love everything you have to say about Jordon! I did my year abroad in Canada and in no way it compares to the wild experience you had in Jordan haha but I got to travel to a bit of Central and South America and it started a whole new perspective for me as that's when I started solo travelling. So even though sometimes I would wish I have studied in a more adventurous places, I am happy that's where life took me.
Thank you for this! It sounds like a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I'm glad you enjoyed it despite any inconveniences that came up ❤️