Fellow Stories
True gap year stories from Fellows abroad!
Check out the latest blogs from Global Citizen Year Fellows in Brazil, Ecuador, and India!
Category
Class Year
Country
Pune’s Motorbike Lovers
Celia Morton
2020-02-19
On dark street corners, abandoned by shops or pedestrians, they hide. The motorbike lovers. Not having the approval to socialize in private spaces they are drawn to locations that make the interaction seem momentary, temporary. Just someone speaking to another for a few minutes, when indeed it can be for hours and hours. Every day...
Read MoreLooking Back, Looking Forward
Lara Solis
2020-02-12
With two months left to go, I choose to pause. Pause the experience, the immersion, the host family, the apprenticeship, I choose to pause it all and look back. I’m looking years backward, into the rearview mirror of my past, and look back on to the man of my dreams. The man who made me,...
Read MoreMy Host Brother: A Modification – Mein Gastbruder: Eine Modifizierung
Levin Stamm
2020-02-11
– Deutsch unten – "What do you think of the CAA?" he asks. An abrupt question, I have just arrived in Pune after two weeks of travelling. Somewhat taken by surprise, I clear my throat, and start to explain my negative attitude towards the act, exactly knowing how insufficiently informed I am, having only read...
Read MorePhoto Diary
Brianna Torres
2020-02-11
Here are some pictures from Independent Travel. On our journey we visited: Rajasthan: Jaipur, Jaisalmer, and Jodhpur Delhi Chennai Pondicherry It was a crazy and fun trip with a few hiccups here and there. Nonetheless it is a trip I will remember forever. I am so glad I got to spend it with people I...
Read More
Thank Yous
Melissa Matias
2020-02-03
Thank You Staff I’m so grateful for the support that we have to fall back on. The close relationships we have with our team leaders in this cohort is one that shouldn’t be taken for granted. Zooni, thanks for listening to all of my problems and still believing that I can overcome whatever it may...
Read MoreSisterhood of the Traveling Hot Chocolate
Lily Turner
2020-02-03
I realized I now call Pune home. When I first arrived here in September, I didn’t think that would ever happen. But now that it has, I feel an overwhelming amount of love for this city and the people who have become family in it. Sunday, February 2nd, 2020 I decided to dedicate this day...
Read MoreOde to Knäckebröd
Celia Morton
2020-01-31
Before you read, here are a few words you might want to know… Bandar- Hindi for monkey Chapati- a flat, thin and round bread eaten at almost every Maharashtrian meal Knäckebröd- a hard buiscuit-like bread, most often shaped as rectangles Ode to Knäckebröd A Long Distance Life Is one of knäckebröd knäckebröd is for Swedes,...
Read MoreThings That Happen When You Start Hanging Out With Locals
Carly Nolan
2020-01-23
–You will pick up on slang and start using random Hindi and Marathi in your everyday language. Here are some examples:"Take nah?": Indians add "nah" at the end of almost all their sentences, you will do it too."Haan": Yes"Kya hua?": What happened?/what's up?"Kya?": What?"Theek hai": Okay"Accha": Good"Ye kaya hai?": What is this?–You may find yourself...
Read MoreChennai: Photo Diaries (Not a Highlight Reel)
Danielle Campbell
2020-01-06
Chennai: Photo Diaries This is an entire highlight reel (kind of ?) Chennai was my first stop upon my independent travel trip and boy did it shake me up. Before Chennai, I thought everything was going to be quite…...nonchalant? Ever since I got to India I would say I easily adapted. With ease, I got...
Read More“and we’re off”: my ultimate travel-across-theforgap-year playlist
Lily Turner
2020-01-05
I meant to post this back in September and never did, so here it is now. “and we’re off”: my ultimate travel-across-the-world-for-a-gap-year playlist Someday – triple j Like A Version – Julia Jacklin Shrike – Hozier Ease Up Kid – Demo – Hippo Campus Dog Years – Maggie Rogers Japanese Denim – Daniel Caeser Passenger...
Read MoreWRITING BLOGS IS HARD.
Lily Turner
2020-01-05
When I wrote my first blog, I went in with the thought that I would be posting a new one biweekly, or even monthly. It is now January 4th, I am halfway through this year and the last blog I posted was in September. I want to state that my lack of posts doesn’t have...
Read More10 Lessons from travelling in India
Celia Morton
2020-01-04
Greetings from the foot of the Himalayas in Macleod Ganj You can manage an unplanned trip without internet, it’s scary but you just have to trust people. India is a country of contrasts, unpredictability and intensity. It’s okay to take it all in small doses. Let yourself rest. Being a white tourist will make people...
Read More