spirited_people minnesota_chris I know of one person, a friend of a friend, who decided one day to chuck college, fly to Italy and join a convent. She didn't speak Italian. She became a shepherdess, and later an aid worker in Haiti. 031223 ... minnesota_chris Another friend got tired of living in Podunkville, Minnesota and went on a foreign exchange trip to New Zealand for a year. When she comes back (at age 16) she's moving to the city to finish her high schooling. Her parents also hate podunkville, and so are all for it. 031223 what's it to you? who go blather from