adrienne
@adrienne
One of my kids is on a 2 week program in Barcelona. - 30 teens - 4 groups broken into areas of study- business and entrepreneurship, art and architecture, Spanish language and culture, photography. - morning study and afternoon excursions - live in dorms They arent speed running tourist spots or doing the instagram check the box style of travel. They get to experience living in a new place, and learn something new and meaningful. Why arent there adult trips like this? My husband and I see empty nest in our future (4 years away, but as anyone with older kids know, time starts to fly šØ) and we talk about wanting experiences like this. @balajis.eth maybe empty nesters will be a new growth vector for network school in the future- successful semi retired adults with time on their hand but still have the burning need to go deep learning new skills, see the world, and build
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adrienne
@adrienne
Now that I think about it, the trip i took to Mongolia in 2019 was like this. We stayed in a ger camp, living with nomads for 10 days. The main group activity every day was horseback riding but the guides organized optional classes each morning - prana yama, yoga, photography (one of the guides was a professional photojournalist), birding, or guided hike with a naturalist to learn native plants (not much diversity on the steppe tho) No wonder it was one of my favorite travel experiences- slow, deep, learned new skills Still it was just 2 weeks bc i still had kids and a job at homeā¦ but imagine doing something like this for 2-6 months- how much you could learn and do I wrote about it of course https://adrienneshulman.medium.com/notes-from-mongolia-part-1-e9f7e664ca2c
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coachcoale.eth š©
@coachcoale
When I worked in schools, I was once asked in an interview: "If you could design a field trip, what would it be?" My answer: Drive across the country. This comes to mind, reading your post :)
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Tom
@dstny
You need to speak with my Mother, Iām an only child so sheās had an empty nest for a while She loves going on random excursions like this round England, trains makes it far more accessible! So if you ever fancy a trip to the hills of rural England let me know ā under strict orders to offer (my old) our spare bedroom to any āinternet friends whoād like to visit and unplugā as she says
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EulerLagrangodamus
@eulerlagrange
> barcelona > study entrepreneurship These numbers aināt adding up Adrienne
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Sandiforward
@sandiforward.eth
We know we can say no and thatās what blocks us. The amount of times Iāve thought about a health retreat but realised I donāt or wonāt commit and be like āheckā Iām using time away from workā¦ I want to have āfunā prevents it from happeneing when I fear the structure will feel like work
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