-: I went to Barcelona and Paris.
They were both three-week trips
and, (chuckles) I don't even know where to begin.
It was incredible, we would meet our professor
each day at a different place every day
and we would learn about different buildings.
Most of them, we had learned about in school already.
So, it was really cool to actually
get to see them in real life.
In both trips, we were required to do
50 spreads of sketching in a sketchbook.
And we could do sketches, we could do collages,
we had to write about the places we saw.
I applied for quite a few scholarships
through the College of Architecture.
And I ended up getting two of them.
They were both travel scholarships.
I think every time you go somewhere
where the culture is different,
beliefs are different, religion is different,
you realize all those differences,
but you also realize that everyone is kind of just like you.
It's important for design and architecture,
because you gain an understanding of the world
and of people, and we're designing for people,
but I think it's important just in general.
I mean, it changes your mind.
(musical flourish)