Random Walks - Iceland
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Itinerary Description |
Iceland, known as the land of fire and ice, is like no other place on earth. Devoid of trees but filled with the true beauty of nature. Small and rocky, but with volcanos, geysers, and glaciers that remind you of the power of our planet. And at its core is Reykjavik, a vibrant city with a wide variety of restaurants and music; a city that builds a nightlife culture around those dark winter months that explodes with fun in the summer. |
Preliminary Itinerary* |
Dates: Sunday, September 2 to Sunday, September 8, 2024 Travelers on trips may contact their tour provider for itinerary details. For other initerary questions, please contact RandomWalks@lists.chicagobooth.edu. *Activities and hotel selections subject to change. |
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Trip Leaders |
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E-mail: jmontalvo@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Arequipa, Peru Undergrad College: UPC (in Peru) Undergrad Major: Economics & Finance Work Experience: IB & Corporate Finance→ Consulting?? Booth Concentrations: we will find out in 2025 2023 Random Walk: South Africa Hobbies: Asking “Alexa Play Bad Bunny”, Cycling (don’t try it the Chicago Winter), running to catch the Metra, Cooking?, forcing Ricardo to make impulsive decisions, watching F1 (Go Checo!), missing Peruvian food on a daily basis Fun Facts: Injured playing bowling (got a cast in the leg), don’t eat fish (never tried Ceviche in my life), I am colorblind (red and green is a no go in my presentations) |
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E-mail: ywang48@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Hard question for me .. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada / Atlanta, GA Undergrad College: UCLA Undergrad Major: Economics, Global Studies Work Experience: Deloitte Consulting (specifically Media & Entertainment) → Tech/VC Booth Concentrations: I’ll be whatever you want me to be (within reason) 2023 Random Walk: South Africa Hobbies: following Jose around, creating digital art, running to catch the Metra (Metra cinderella), skulking around campus as a part of the silent 200, bed rotting Fun Facts: I have a fake tooth, cows are my favorite animal because they are both cute & nutritious, highlight of my life was being invited onstage/backstage for Ne-Yo |
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E-mail: lucyw120@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Holmdel, New Jersey Undergrad College: University of Chicago (triple Maroon because I’m also dual degree MS in Computer Science?? ) Undergrad Major: Economics, minor Visual Arts Work Experience: Asset Management, Fintech → Tech Booth Concentrations: Management? Entrepreneurship? Concentrating on surviving 2023 Random Walk: Morocco–do not bring up “tagines” to me Hobbies: Painting, boxing, singing (questionable abilities), dancing (also questionable), following Lydia around, complaining about the carpet in my MPP apartment, vegetating Fun Facts: I have been in the top 0.5% of Adele listeners worldwide on Spotify for 2022 and 2023. I was born in a snowstorm in Minnesota and my Chinese name means “King Snow”; can’t wait to be in Iceland, my natural habitat |
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E-mail: rcortijo@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Lima, Peru Undergrad College: Universidad del Pacifico (in Peru) Undergrad Major: Economics, major in Finance Work Experience: Wealth Management and IB → Consulting Booth Concentrations: only God knows 2023 Random Walk: Turkey (top 3 trips of my life) Hobbies: reading (trying to keep up with the pace previous to Booth -almost impossible-), dancing, doubting, cooking, and forcing myself not to accept every plan Jose proposes Fun Facts: I once had to hop on a "songthaew" full of Buddhist monks to get down from a temple in the highlands because I had no other means of transportation, I can never recognize people’s accents, Love cats (have two, Mambo and Baloo) |
Jose Carlos Montalvo
Lydia Wang
Lucy Wang
Ricardo Cortijo