Pre-trip

Hi everyone,

Finally! I've managed to organise my internship! I will be going to a vetenarian hospital in Altea, Alicante, Spain. After sending many emails to different kinds of international hospitals in Europe, I eventually found a hospital that was able to help me. Pilar (the head of the vetenarian hospital) seems like a very kind woman and I'm very pleased to be able to work with her. I was very happy to hear that I was able to do my internship at a hospital, because i've always been interested in medical things. However not everything was organised yet. I still had to find a place to sleep! I found this site with lots of host families all around the world. I contacted 5 hostfamilies in Altea, but there was only one familie where I thought "oh, they seem nice!". I had a small conversation with them I eventually decided that I wanted to stay at their place.

I'm already nervous for my internship, eventhough it's still 3 and a half weeks away. It's my first time traveling alone and it's also my first time in an aeroplain AND it's my first time in Spain. I'm also very nervous because i do not know anyone in Spain and I do not speak a word Spanish... let's just pray to God that spanish people speak English!

I'm not really looking forward to my internship yet. I like the idea of traveling on my own, but the timing isn't quite right. I'm very buisy training for the World Championships Taekwon-do, and without practicing a lot, i will not be able to win. Also I have 3 jobs, because if i have no money, i can't participate in the World Championships either. AND I need to study for school, because i really do not want to do this year again. It's nice to have a vacation once i a while, but I prefer staying home over wasting my time in Spain.

Anyway, I will tell you much more about my internship in Spain once I get there. I hope you will enjoy the stories of my adventure!

See you soon!

Anouk