Visa and a countdown

As of this post, there are 23 days until I ship out! I'm getting excited because it's so close, but I'm also a little nervous. I got my visa in the mail last week, and it's pretty legit. I've never had a visa before, so I guess it's exciting. I have yet to receive my housing assignment, though. I just want to know who I'm going to live with! Hopefully it's a family with a little kid. I love kids! And it would be nice to live with a little kid so I could play with it and hopefully relieve some of the stress of living in a foreign country.

This lovely thing is a countdown to when I leave! I realize it's a bit hard to see, but I don't know how to fix that without messing with my entire blog. So I guess I'll post the link at the off chance that you care enough to go check it out.

Study Abroad, round 2

Since I was very young, I've wanted to travel. The desire probably started when one of my aunts would send my sister and me postcards from places like Paris and London. Last spring, I had the opportunity to spend 4 months studying at Ithaca College's London Centre. It was an amazing experience, and you can read about it here, if you haven't already. 

Although I loved being in London, and got to travel all over Europe, I knew I wasn't done with travelling. As a Spanish major and lover of language in general, I wanted to study in Spain. Some people I know had done so with IES in Granada, so I applied for the Spring 2012 semester and got in! I'm a little nervous about being alone in a foreign country, but mostly I'm just excited. 

Right now I'm finishing up my semester at IC, and in 5 weeks and 1 day I'll be getting on a plane to take me to Spain! Only a day before that, my wonderful roommate Christina will be jetting off to Siena, Italy for the semester. (If you want to read about her adventures, comment and I'll link you to her blog). Hopefully we'll be able to meet up at some point.

I'll be posting a few more times before I leave, so stick around for some updates!