Who are we?
International Student Exchanges, Youth Travel, Photography + Videography Fanatics and π€ Inspirers
In 2017, our lives changed forever. We both signed up for something that we really weren't sure of; a student exchange. We were still young, 13 years old for that matter, when we signed up to go and live with another family in another country in another continent for 2 months. It's crazy because at that age, nobody is thinking about that kind of stuff. Leaving your parents for that long of a time, travelling alone on a plane, going to school in a country where a completely different language is spoken and living with practical strangers for a month.... sounds like the ultimate recipe for disaster! It's something so many people have the opportunity to do but one that only a few actually take. The experience itself is intimidating, amazing, scary, fulfilling, frustrating, satisfying all at the same time. There are no words to describe it but there's also no guarantee that the whole experience will be a good one. That slim possibility is what scares everyone off.
So who are we you ask? We are 2 girls from opposite ends of the world that lived through all of this and who continued to community and travel together even after the exchange came to an end. Having a good experience isn't rare at all (!!!) but we've done so much more then that; so many actually rare things that we've never seen done before. We've traveled to multiple countries over these 4 years, we've built a photography Instagram account and we've even managed to transform our love for film and video editing into a growing YouTube channel. Now that's great and all but it' not the reason why we're here? Why did we start all this? Why are we trying to blog, post on Instagram and simultaneously produce videos for your enjoyment? Because we want to take you along with us, share everything that we've done and learned with you and hopefully encourage and inspire you in one way or another so that you can hopefully do the same.
Life is short and there's no time to be bored or unsatisfied. For the kids out there, we want to inspire you by providing you with some opportunities to travel the world and discover it for yourself. Adults, we want to inspire you by reminding you that it's never to late to travel on your own or with your family, that it's never to late to take a break from your nine to five jobs to take a quick vacation, that it's never to late to spend an extra dollar on that thing that you've wanted for so long and that, most importantly, it's never too late to sign your child up for something like an exchange that would allow them to thrive in new environments apart from their rooms, the kitchen and their classroom.
Moral of the story; anyone can travel. Travel has no age limit, no specific price point, no time constraints... the world is there waiting for you to awe at its beauty. Why not give it a go?
Our exchange was completed hardly 2 months into our high school years but because of it, we've made so many memories and learned so many things that we want to share with you. If you're a student wondering what an exchange is like or how you could travel the world at a young age, if you're a parent looking into signing your child up for an exchange or if your someone just in search of some great cinematic content, you've come to the right place!
PS: If you're interested in learning more and joining us on our adventure, here are a few links that will allow you to do so;
Instagram; https://www.instagram.com/studentstravelabroad/
YouTube; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeqAs31I6zrWNQuY7hJh3iQ?view_as=subscriber
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