By Myrtis Smith
There is one reason I attended the USA Esperanto Congress: my airline ticket was nonrefundable.
Four months earlier, I had finished the Duolingo course. I was working my way through the Lernu course, actively participating in the Duolingo Esperanto Facebook group and trying to read Gerda Malaperis. In my excitement of being a blossoming Esperantist I impulsively registered for the Congress and booked a flight.
As I made the 30-minute trek to the airport, I apprehensively thought, what have I gotten myself into?