07/29/2026
If you’ve been following this account for a while, you know I like to wrap-up each trip with a short reflection and a nice thank you to those who made it possible. This trip is no different and, with a long day of travel yesterday, I had a lot of time to sit and reflect.
First off, EF Tours has been consistently good to me when it comes to planning and running these trips. My tour consultant EF Roxy Glasser and experience specialist Savannah have done an amazing job of taking care of all the work behind the scenes and ensuring that I have absolutely no concerns whenever I go somewhere. That confidence and worry-free experience is invaluable on these trips, and I’m so grateful to both of them for getting me to that point.
Our tour guide in Peru, Sally, deserves all the praise possible for how well she managed my group on this trip. Aside from sharing her passion and knowledge for Peru, she always made sure our group was well taken care of and staying healthy in the high altitudes and varying temperatures. It’s obvious that these tours are not just a career for her, but a way for her to inspire and instill that same passion in young people, and she did a phenomenal job at it.
Sally made an interesting comment on our lost night in Peru: only 20% of the world’s population spends time traveling to other countries. Looking around at the group I had, it was uplifting to be able to include so many students in that small percentage. Seeing them step out of their comfort zones is something I always enjoy on these trips, and they never shy away from trying different foods, walking endless miles each day, and learning new things. It also feels great to know I had a few students who have now seen two of the seven World Wonders with me; how many high schoolers can say that?!
Ensuring these students have a great time and leave with a desire to travel more is one of my main goals on these trips, and I can’t wait to continue that with more destinations down the line. If you are a parent of an upcoming TAG student, or you’re someone who just wants to travel more, please reach out. I’d love to help more people get in that 20%!
I’ll be sorting the many pictures and creating our tour video for Peru soon so we can share our entire adventure one more time, then it’s straight into thinking about Amsterdam and Paris! As always, thank you for the continued support for me, my program, and my students. Hopefully, from these posts, it’s clear why that support is so important and appreciated!
