015 | Backpacking Australia and Teaching English Abroad w/ Viola Helen
It's Gap Year Exploration Month 2021! Today I interviewed Viola Helen, a University of Oxford graduate and avid traveler currently living in Portugal. We'll talk about how an unexpected twist of events led to her becoming a Portuguese resident, as well as her post-high school gap year experience backpacking through Australia and teaching English in China. Be sure to check out Gap Year Exploration Month at www.instagram.com/gapyearassociation. On this episode we talked about: being the only student in her grade to intentionally take a gap year (1:08) apply to college during high school and defer vs. apply during gap year? (4:26) resources Viola used to plan her gap year (4:26) unexpected challenges (spoiler: ending up without accommodations at night!) (9:40) how taking a gap year helped her in college (13:28) making friends on the road (14:35) taking a second gap year after college (& a change in plans due to coronavirus) (16:05) Viola's current work on the virtual platform Studystream (21:50) To find links to everything we mentioned, and to sign up for weekly podcast shownotes in your inbox, click here. If you’d like to contribute a comment, question, or suggestion, send me an email or audio file/voice note over at [email protected]. ⭑ SUPPORT THE SHOW ⭑ If you’ve found value in the podcast, please consider leaving a tip! It helps me to continue producing episodes and sharing conversations with cool people, and I really appreciate it. https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-bliss-bean You can also help out by leaving a review on iTunes! It means the world to me :) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bliss-bean-show/id1533921702 ⭑ CONNECT WITH ME ⭑ Website | www.theblissbean.com YouTube | The Bliss Bean Instagram | @theblissbean ⭑ OTHER ⭑ Music from Epidemic Sound. Try a 30-day free trial of music for your content: http://share.epidemicsound.com/theblissbean