The Gap Year Podcast by Kalina Elkin

💌Hey everyone and welcome back to the gap year podcast, 

For the past five weeks I had the wonderful opportunity to dive deeper into my culinary endeavours and attended the  5 Week Ballymaloe cookery school in Ireland. 

This is a very special interview because we have the amazing chef Rachel Allen here on this podcast. Rachel was one of the lead cooks during the demonstrations at Ballymaloe and has inspired many through her amazing cookbooks and the joyful energy she brings to the culinary course. This interview will give a deep dive into the idea behind this culinary course and what makes it such an incredible experience. 

Could not wait to share this one with you!
Enjoy!

Hey everyone!

Here is part two of our amazing interview with Hannes, where we he is going to share more about his experiences outside of Ecuador - his most unforgettable experiences and travels. 

Here is the official instagram account ,webisteof the voluntary service and Hannes’s personal instagram account. If you have any more questions, which were not covered throughout the interview.

Voluntary service (website)-https://www.weltwaerts.de/de/startseite.html

Voluntary Service (instagram)-https://www.instagram.com/opendoorinternational?igsh=eGxrYmVqb2trMWdq or https://www.instagram.com/fiides_ecuador?igsh=MXE2dTJ1ZmIwdTEyNA==

Hannes-https://www.instagram.com/hqnnes_?igsh=MWsyb2J1ZmM3cXlj

Enjoy the episode!

-Your host 

💌Hello everyone,

In this amazing episode Hannes will be sharing some of his personal experiences as a volunteer in Ecuador.  Throughout Part one of this episode, he will talk about the organisation itself, his voluntary service and what one needs to know before heading to such a journey to South America. 

Hope you enjoy listening!

-Your Host 

Hey Everyone, and welcome to the second part of this episode. Last time we talked about the idea behind the project, but now a little bit more about the inspiration behind it and the team. Hope you enjoy and let's get right into it!💌

Hey everyone,

I am back with another interview episode!💌

We often talk about personal projects and how a gap year is a lovely time to develop them further. One personal project we talked about throughout this Podcast was Charice's singing career (episode one), or my love for podcasting and this personal project of mine. This time we are going into a different direction- STEM Sciences  and how a gap year is a lovely time to develop a startup. 

This episode (part 1)  will focus on how this project started and the research going into it.🎙

Hey everyone!🎙

On todays episode we have Nat. She did two gap years and her journey is all about finding your path and embracing  change. She is currently studying Sustainable Management and Technology in a top leading university in Munich, but before both of her gap years her plans for the future were way different. 

She will talk about her travels with Jascha (second interview) to New Zealand, share some of her  favourite climbing sports there, how she balances working and travelling throughout her gap year and how her gap year influences her university studies. 

Todays episode is for everyone that feels like their life is like a rom-com.💌

Enjoy!

-Your host 

Hey, everyone!

This episode focuses on my own personal journey with university applications, comparing how I felt submitting my personal statements to German and UK Universities during my Gap Year VS 12th grade (IB2).

I am excited to share this one, because I wanted to show through this episode  and my future episode with Faris, that you are not alone. So many student work so hard for these university applications, that no one takes a moment and be proud of the work they have done for the last couple of years!

Be proud!

-Your host  

From sailing across the Caribbean Sea and exploring South America to doing an interrail trip across Northern Europe, Katharina has had some interesting travels. Throughout this episode she will give some examples of good gap year destinations, tips on what you need for long distance travels and touch on the topic of sustainability and gap year travels. 

Here are some of the websites she recommended when it comes to solo traveling:

• https://www.trustroots.org
• https://www.couchsurfing.com
• https://www.worldpackers.com
• https://www.weltwaerts.de/de/startseite.html (in German)

Hope you like it!💌

Heyy everyone!

This solo episode will focus on the different types of gap years. There are 10 gap year ideas, including the one I am currently doing. Throughout this talk you will also hear about- 

• a little bit of information regarding my future interviews 💌
• Some travel tips
• ideas for volunteer positions 

Hope you guys like it and see you soon during the next interview episode!🎙

(link to workaway: https://www.workaway.info)
-Your host 

Hey guys!

This is an amazing episode which focuses on, the importance of:

• finding the right place for you
• gap years and how they help you with your uni studies
• of having self dates 
• excepting that things might not work out the way they thought it will be
• being brave

This is my third interview for this season and I am very happy that we talked about these topics. Eva made the hard decision to take  her second semester off and do half a gap year. And throughout this interview she was talking about her personal experience with copying with this choice and making the most out of the rest of the year. Truly inspirational for everyone, that is scared about uni applications. 

Hope you guys like it!

-Your host