Random Walks - Portugal
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Itinerary Description |
Random Walk Portugal offers an exciting opportunity to visit this trending European destination! The trip will begin with exploring the north in Porto, with a winery tour in the Douro Valley, home to the famous Portuguese wine, and canyoning in the National Park of Gerês. You will then travel to the coast of Cascais for surfing and stand up paddle lessons. You will end your program in Lisbon where you will explore Portuguese cuisine and a leisurely cruise along the Tejo River! |
Preliminary Itinerary* |
Dates: Thursday, August 29 to Friday, September 6, 2024 View the Portugal itinerary via WorldStrides. *Activities and hotel selections subject to change. |
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KEY DATES
April 19
Random Walks Fair
April 22
Virtual Random Walks Fair
April 22
Online registration opens
April 25
Trip registrations suspended
April 26
Waitlist registration begins
Late May
Trip notifications
Mid June
Waitlist placements begin
Late June
Waitlist registration deadline
August 29- Sept 3:
Trips depart
Trip Leaders |
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E-mail: gabriela.espinosa@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: NYC & CT Undergrad College: Amherst College Undergrad Major: Art History & Religion Work Experience: Middle School Teacher, Anthropologist → Management Consulting (duh) Booth Concentrations: Entrepreneurship, Finance (if I can manage to learn Excel before ‘25) 2023 Random Walk: Chileeee Hobbies: Anything wellness related including pilates, pseudoscience, HEALING, and lots of time making, reading, and talking about celery juice; getting spa treatments… is this a hobby? Fun Facts: Flavio & I escaped Chicago’s -20 degree weather with an impromptu trip to Mexico and barely even missed class; Morgan’s dad (who is an amazing veterinarian) helped me with my first Booth project about animal wellness; I taught Sharif to play mancala (IKYK children of crunchy moms) and then shared a 10 scoop banana split to ease the pain of his loss |
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E-mail: mmckiern@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Durham, NH Undergrad College: Tufts University Undergrad Major: Chemical Engineering Work Experience: Consulting Booth Concentrations: Will report back next year 2022 Random Walk: Chile (w/ Gabriela !!) Hobbies: Anything outdoorsy including skiing with people that are way better than me, (see bottom right), hiking, and spending as much time on a boat as humanly possible (searching for a chicago boat hook up). Also cooking new recipes and trying to find the best sushi in Chicago. Group fitnessssss - love barre and yoga and getting dragged by Gabriela to quirky holistic workout classes. Fun Facts: I rocked transition lenses (in combo with fuzzy crocks) for two full years before getting contacts. My biggest guilty pleasures are trashy YA fantasy novels and the NYT connections game. My first crush was genie from Aladdin |
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E-mail: fupacheco@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: São Paulo, Brazil Undergrad College: Cornell University Undergrad Major: Molecular Biology Work Experience: Google, Alnair Therapeutics Booth Concentrations: Finance 2023 Random Walk: South Africa Hobbies: BeingReal, playing volleyball, going on spontaneous trips, trying to steal my friends’ cats (be aware), on warm-ish days jump in lake michigan in the mornings (as pictured), and being the best plus-one at weddings Fun Facts: I won NVC before officially joining Booth! |
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E-mail: sshrest1@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Kathmandu, Nepal Undergrad College: Hamilton College, NY Undergrad Major: Biochemistry + Economics Work Experience: healthcare Booth Concentrations: Finance, Strategy and Behavioral Science 2022 Random Walk: Puerto Rico Hobbies: Quite a mix bag of interests. I’m an avid music lover- from hip hop to House to RnB to DnB to Bollywood and enjoy dancing. I love to DJ/mix on the side and striving to be the official MPP DJ. I also enjoy photography, videography and creative direction. Fitness-wise, I love Calesthenics and CrossFit (Can’t wait to go back after my injury recovery). I can also bake a perfect batch of croissants as well as a bomba** biryani for you and your family. Fun Facts: I managed a pop star back home in Nepal for 2 Years and produced videos with +100 million views |
Gabriela Espinosa
Morgan McKiernan
Flavio Pacheco
Sharif Shrestha