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 dinner cruise along the Douro river. See the splendor of the north with a canyoning activity in the National Park of Gerês. You will then continue to Lisbon where you will explore Portuguese cuisine, traverse the mountains of Sintra in a jeep with a stop in one of the town’s many enchanting monuments, and end the tour enjoying the water and sunshine with a leisurely cruise along the Tejo River! |
Preliminary Itinerary* |
Dates: Saturday 8/30 - Sunday 9/7/2025 View the Portugal itinerary via WorldStrides. *Activities and hotel selections subject to change. |
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KEY DATES
February 7
Random Walks Fair
February 11
Online registration for all Admits
February 14
All trip registrations suspended
May 5
Waitlist registration begins
May 19
Trip notifications
June 3
Final payment due
June 9
Waitlist placements begin
June 30
Waitlist registration deadline
August 28-Sept 2
Trips depart
Trip Leaders |
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E-mail: fblelloc@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA Undergrad College: Swarthmore College Undergrad Major: Economics & Mathematics Work Experience: Econ Consulting @ Analysis Group in DC Booth Clubs: CWiB, Education Group, Net Impact, Admissions Ambassador, First Day Team, Run Bike Swim, Ski & Snowboard 2024 Random Walk (if any): SLOVENIA!!!!!!!! (w Kev & Jenett) Hobbies: crocheting, gossiping, rotting, + everything else with Jenett; drinking mocktails and (if desperate) red bull at bars; skiing + apres skiing with Marcus and Kevin; running/fitness classes/long walks/literally anything active; visiting coffee shops; economics podcasts (& sharing them w/Jenett); apprendre Francais; talking about how Slovenia was the best 2024 RW (but ours will be even better) Fun Facts: 1) was in a TV show with Lily Reinhart; 2) both a test tube baby AND bastard child; 3) can speak fluent gibberish (real language I swear); 4) I’m a citizen of 3 countries (should be 4 like my sister but I can’t because I’m a bastard child, see above); 5) I’m more Irish than Kev (also don’t like potatoes…) |
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E-mail: koleary0@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Bethesda, MD Undergrad College: UVA Undergrad Major: Finance and Econ Work Experience: GPS Consulting @ EY in DC Booth Clubs: Management Consulting Group; Media, Entertainment, and Sports Group; Run Bike Swim Club 2024 Random Walk (if any): Slovenia (2024 dream team) Hobbies: Baseball (watching, reading about) and slow pitch softball (playing), triathlons (aspiring half-Ironman), caring too much about urban planning and public transit, making friends with strangers, sleeping through my alarm, wearing backwards hats and tank tops, learning about Gen Z from Jenett, swing dancing, defending DC and Maryland against slander, putting Old Bay on things it “doesn’t belong on” Fun Facts: I swam against Katie Ledecky six times my junior year in high school; despite (because of?) my Irish heritage I refuse to eat potatoes; not the Shark Tank guy |
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E-mail: jenett.cheng@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Maywood, NJ (very small town of 1-square mile) Undergrad College: Rutgers (RU Rah Rah!!!) Undergrad Major: Economics and Business Analytics Work Experience: Consumer Insights @ NielsenIQ Booth Clubs: First Day Team (with Fay!!), 2025 TechCon Operations, CWiB, Innovation and Design Club, Boxing Club 2024 Random Walk (if any): Slovenia (ask any of us about our adventures canyoning) Hobbies: Big fan of rotting, either on my couch, by the Chicago river, or by the lake (usually with Fay) BUT more productive hobbies include: reading, crochet, listening to podcasts, going to concerts, defending New Jersey (mainly against Kevin), at home karaoke (with Marcus!!) Fun Facts: I’ve been on the Chicago Architecture Boat Tour more than a dozen times!!, only learned how to bike properly only after I moved to Chicago (why I’m making that face in my photo), studied abroad in Hong Kong in undergrad, never took a math or science class in college (I tried taking calc 2 and dropped out after the first class) |
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E-mail: mteo0@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Singapore Undergrad College: Imperial College London Undergrad Major: Aerospace Engineering Work Experience: Engineer/Corporate VC/Product Manager Booth Clubs: Basketball, Impact Investing, Ski and Snowboard, Run Bike Swim, Management Consulting Group 2024 Random Walk (if any): No, but I did my own “random walk”- I worked in the ski resorts in New Zealand for a month Hobbies: Basketball (destroyed both my knees but ball is life), Triathlons (went from non-swimmer to completing an Ironman in a year!), Snowboarding (loves gnarly off-piste runs), Cooking for potlucks (challenge me to recreate a famous dish), Photography (I make awesome trip reels) Fun Facts: Looking forward to visiting the last continent on my list in 2025 - Antarctica! My childhood ambition was to be a pilot, but my motion sickness failed me… I once slept in a car for a week in Yellowstone National Park but I saw the most amazing sunrises. |
Fay Blelloch
Kevin O’Leary
Jenett Cheng
Marcus Teo