A letter to Rachie
Argentina. Israel. Peru. Ireland. Australia. If you were to throw a dart onto a map and it landed on a country, my best friend Rachael will visit it... that is, if she hasn't already been there.
Traveling and discovering new places and people is something that she has always been fascinated with. I, on the other hand, have been living vicariously through her globe-trekking adventures since Junior year in high school, when she lived in France for 9 months. This is a plea to have her start blogging and vlogging.
Look Mom... I vlogged!
Rachie, You know I love you... but when you go abroad, I hate you. I hate that I can't call you. I hate that you're hundreds of miles away. I hate that we can't go shopping or out for coffee. I also hate that my mailbox gets full every time you send an e-mail and you want to tell the rest of us in the states about your fantastic time abroad.
Honestly, those e-mails are so LONG. Not to mention, you cram in so much information, we don't really know what you're even doing. It's impossible to really know how liberating it was to live with an indigenous tribe in the Andes Mountains through a mere few sentences.
We did talk when you were in Argentina last semester. But those video chats were few and far between, because we could only do chat when we were online at the same time. That's the problem. You go too far away, our time zones don't sync up.
This is where a blog and vlog would be useful. Just as I posted a vlog about what my day was like, you could post a vlog about what your family ate for dinner in Tel Aviv. Imagine how cool it would be for the rest of us to be able to watch the Bolivian protesters march past your bedroom window in Buenos Aires instead of looking at a few pictures?
It would not only act as an active diary for you to remember your trip, but it would be an interactive way for the rest of us to be in contact with you. No more long e-mails and we can get updates on your adventures as often as you're on the internet.
I've done my research on this Rachie. People are posting travel blogs from all over the world. There are people out there just like you. You could research a place through someone else's vlog, visit it, and post something about your experience. How cool would that be?
I promise it's much easier than you think. In fact, I bet you'll become addicted, wanting to post everything you do and see. The fun thing will be when the rest of us at home start to post comments and keep up with you without directly e-mailing us.
It will be easy to do. It will be fantastic. It will be like we are there with you.
Consider it. Because unlike the time I told you boys had cooties, this time I actually know what I'm talking about. Your travel vlog will be a huge hit.
Ciao, adios, shalom, kwaheri, bye!!! T