Hello again new readers and past followers,
It's time for a new travel blog. If you enjoyed the posts from my first collegiate sojourn to the Southern Hemisphere, you're bound to to enjoy this new one as well. By now I'm guessing that most of you are aware that I am participating in my second undergraduate study abroad program, this time through my beloved Carleton College's Biology Department. This year's destinations: Australia and New Zealand. The 10-week trip is broken down into three seminar segments (Evolutionary Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, and Comparative Reproduction of Vertebrates), each taught by a different professor in the department who specializes in the subjects we will be covering. There will be primary literature, there will be lectures, and there will be field work!! The best part. I'm getting things started with this first post from the balmy LAX - it's in the 60s here, already a far cry from the frigid conditions I left this morning in MN. The name of the game right now is killing time, since my 16 hour flight to Sydney doesn't depart until 11pm tonight. I've already managed to locate a couple fellow travelers and we're camped out in the airport bar lounge, cramming in the assigned reading for the trip. Don't worry, as mundane as this may sound, it's just the beginning of what promises to be an excellent trip to The Land Down Under (and New Zealand, of course). As my group bounces around various field stations, hostels, and other lodgings I will do my best to supply you all with the most entertaining details and stunning photos with whatever degree of regularity I can. Stay tuned and stay warm!
No comments:
Post a Comment