When my 6th grade teacher, Ms. Johnson, first gave the assignment to correspond in letter format with a pen-pal from Australia she ignited the wanderlust flame that has never faded. After she received a package of letters in a large manilla envelope, Ms. Johnson stood in the middle of the classroom among a class of excited students. She passed out each letter from Australia to each corresponding pen-pal in my 6th grade class at Weber Elementary. When she stopped to say, "Wow, some of these letters are just amazing," then called my name, I knew it was something rare. Now, a teacher myself, I am returning to travelblog with a profound appreciation for my educational upbringing. As an independent traveler for this lifelong dream to travel Australia, I dedicate all Australian blogs to sixteen years of
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