2 Days!

I can't believe I'm leaving for Bordeaux in 2 days! Sunday morning (very early morning), I'll be flying off to JFK in New York, then Charles de Gaulle in Paris, then taking the TGV (high speed train) to Bordeaux, and then walking (possibly crawling by then) to the hostel. So I'll probably leave my house at like 3a.m. Sunday and arrive at the hostel in Bordeaux around 3pm Monday. And I'm traveling all by myself! Oh la la!

I'm nervous to finally fly off to France, but I'm really excited too. I love French, and I've wanted to study abroad in France pretty much since I first started taking it in seventh grade. It's hard to believe I'm finally going. But I'm packing my giant suitcase and frantically reviewing the subjective past tense, so I guess I am!

It's a little scary to be heading off for what could be a whole year (or a whole school year anyways, so more like 9-10 months) away from my family and friends. I'm signed up for fall semester, but I have the option to extend to stay for the whole year; I just have to decide by sometime in October. My student visa is good all the way through June! I'm used to being away from my family and friends from home for long stretches of time after going to school fairly far away for two years, but I wonder how it will be when I'm in a whole different country and time zone (9 hours ahead!).

I really hope I can do a good job keeping in touch with everyone! Email me!

Au revoir - presque! Bordeaux, je te verrai dans trois jours!!