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Think Tank Day

Alright, so this post comes a little late, but honestly I've been feeling very pessimistic lately and it's been preventing me from wanting to write because I'm afraid that some of my pessimism might come across in my blog posts.  Well, my thoughts are getting in the way of me focusing on my homework, so I'm just going to take the time to get it all out.  That's what these experiences are supposed to do, right?  Get you thinking and seeing your world in a different way.  I'm afraid that even after having traveled abroad before, I'm still experiencing reverse culture shock.  I'm unhappy with how many overweight strangers I see and upset with myself for driving my car.  I'm going slightly insane I think, but I'm going to do my best to explain the photos below, taken during my Slow Food Youth Network Think Tank day, a full day spent with other Slow Food Youth members to work in groups to solve a problem.  Our problem?  Solving the rural-urban gap.

The Adventure Continues!

I have to make sure that I get this down before all of the days start blending together.  I wasn’t able to get to my post this morning because I had an assignment due today I needed to finish, but here I am, 12:20 a.m., recalling the crazy events of yesterday.  It started reasonably well.  I had a fabulous breakfast (pictured below) and managed to get to the rail stop right as it came, which was pretty cool.  I knew how to get to Valentino Park and decided to explore a little, sign up for the Walk ‘N Eat tour now that my first day had officially started (and they were closed when I got to the park the evening before), check out some of the booths, and try some free samples.  My first official activity of the day was my volunteering shift at the USA tent, where I showed all of the visitors pictures of my work at JCCC, my new job in the butterfly house, and other sustainability projects I’ve worked on.  What a wonderful energy! First of all, I met a guy named