Hello everyone!  My name is Beth Hendershot, I’ll be a senior in the fall, and I’m going to Canberra, Australia at the end of June for five months!  I’m double majoring in International Business and Business Economics and can’t wait to see the world outside of the U.S.  I’ve done a lot of travelling within the country and Canada, but it’s time for me to expand my horizons and experience another part of the world.

So why Australia?  I feel like this is one of the harder places to reach for travellers.  When I think of travelling in my future or in my career, I think of Europe, Asia, and possibly South America.  That just seems much more typical than Aussie.  Also, I want a change of pace from the U.S., but I don’t want it to be so overwhelmingly different that it could negatively affect my feelings towards the place/culture.  I feel like Australia will be just the thing!

I’ll blog one more time before I actually head overseas with more details about the program and the journey over there probably sometime in late June.

Goodbye mates!

Location: State College, PA, USA