I got b, c, c too but quite a few years ago lol.
My gap year was more a gap between education and starting proper work. I went to a ski resort and worked as the village snow shoveler lol, but it was better than it sounds. When the weather was fine there was skiing and playing and when the snow blizzards arrived I was happily shoveling. I was also given an apartment right inside the night club Zone.

The gap year can be one of the best years of all and worth planning for, there are so many possibilities.
Seems like you have some good work plans and I'm sure you probably could fit in some traveling.Its well worth it if possible, there is definitely something behind the expression `see the world'. Anyway I hope you make it a good year.