When Dr. Sippial came into my Honors World History class Fall semester, I was genuinely excited to have ten minutes where I wasn’t frantically transcribing every word out of Dr. Beckwith’s mouth. Then, unexpected to me, she pitched her trip to CUBA, to which I mentally replied, “Sweet dude, sounds awesome!” I think she heard, because we mentally high-fived as I strategized how to give my parents no way to veto this trip. “You see mother dearest”, I would say, “As a pre-nursing student, I have already been drilled with the countless reasons studying abroad will not fit into my curriculum, despite its being so high on my bucket list. But this magical red-haired woman is organizing an amazing week and a half long Summer trip, and to Cuba nonetheless?! Sign me up, it’s a must-do!” Needless to say, my parents were easily convinced. But first semester-history class-day dreaming-me had no idea how life altering this experience would be. In high school I went on a trip to Italy with fellow students during Spring Break of my freshman year, and made some of my best friends while having fun experiencing a new culture. I hoped to get the same from this trip, but what I didn’t account for was that Cuba is a whole different ball park as far world travel goes, and a small group of hilarious, intelligent, and fearless Honors students to travel with was more than I ever could have hoped for. So here’s the breakdown of Cuba 2016 through my eyes (and I do have 20/20 vision). Be prepared for a long ride because this blog is most importantly for me to reminisce on years from now as an old woman, thus, I’m going to include as much as possible. Buckle in, kids!

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