Submission for Examiner.com.I left my 10 year hometown of Chicago, Illinois, in chilly, late December (2009), for Otura, a town just outside of Granada, Spain. My return to Europe was to make my way north...to the north of Spain, to the north to visit never before visited German relatives of my then boyfriend, now fiancé, to the north to quench my tulip and old world obsession in Amsterdam, and to Paris to reunite with my Peruvian cousin and her French chef fiance.
The family friends (a husband and wife team) who housed me in Otura, are both travelers, adventure travelers, at that! They own and run Venture Forth Iberia, specializing in bike tours, art and religion tours, complete with hiking the Camino de Santiago in the north of Spain, and posses the amazing knowledge of Spanish food, culture, landscape and history - while raising their little boy, who mingles between English and Spanish fluently.
Upon my return home, New York called out to me as my next city to conquer! Welcoming a new city, such as New York, onto my list of "Cities to Live in Before Death," only creates the momentum to thrive and explore! to digest the culture! to continue traveling! to continue to learn my way around this planet one Arrondissement at a time.
I am currently 'living abroad' in New York. I arrived March 31, 2010.
My past travels have lead me to Costa Rica, Spain, and Peru, and Peru once again in August 2010, for the wedding of my cousin to her Parisian chef. My father's side of the family all still live in Peru, in Lima and Miraflores. My travels 'home' to Lima allow me to develop my full character as living as Peruvian-American. My mother has gorgeous Swedish and German roots, but hails from Morton Grove, Illinois. My desire for travel/living abroad will always root inside the bulb of discovery. The discovery of oneself, a personal or cultural historical discovery, the discovery of freedom, humility, humanity.
It's obvious I posses a passionate vim about travel, about serious connection, about the blossoming that only travel can ignite!
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Within the "Living Abroad" topic, it raises my interest in the tourist. The tourist, the native. In New York City, New York, in Vanves, France. The new working-tourist fascination and how adaption, and adoption, of a city is a worthy cause for character and career development.
The concept of 'home' is always a curious beast. One that snarls as it hunts, a constant reminder of where you 'should' be as opposed to where you 'choose' to be and vice versa. The topic of home is rich and deep, universal and superbly individual. I am enamored by the sweet tug of home, as well as the vicious roots that drag you back over the welcome mat and through the screen door when you least expect it.
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Infected by wanderlust, Gina Cornejo, has made 'home' her own moveable feast. Hailing from Chicago, and claiming New York City's, Hell's Kitchen, as her own, she begins again to audition, perform, write/blog, navigate, participate in event marketing and promotions via LeadDog Marketing Group, Inc., and continue on her quest for the best slice of pie. Newly engaged, a destination wedding is highly likely.
(mini sample bio they asked for)
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namaste, Examiner.com...maybe next time.
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