I'm planning and waiting. I've purchased my flight ticket, my rail pass, and I've made my guest house reservations. I'm making packing lists in my head, trying to figure out how lightly I can travel while still being able to clothe myself. I'm practicing my German. I'm waiting. My departure weighs heavily on everything else I'm doing. As such, I procrastinate, in part by creating this blog 28 days before I leave.
Yes, I am counting the days.
The Plan:
I will be studying in Kassel, Germany for a month, through a cheap but excellent program run by my home college, Hunter College. I have, gratefully, received funding for my trip from the Macaulay Honors College - a whopping $3,400 dollars, which takes care of airfare and my rail pass, among other expenses. I will be chronicling my studying and living experiences with the DIALOG Institut and my host family, respectively.
After my program ends on July 2nd, I'm on my own. I will be putting myself to the test and spending the next 13 days in Germany on my own, traveling from Kassel to Berlin, then on to Munich, then Heidelberg, ending in Frankfurt. The "on my own" part is frightening but exciting - I get to explore my ancestral country at my leisure. Jawohl!
I can't say much more as to the future contents of this blog; it pretty much depends on what Germany decides to throw at me.
Ich kann alles ertragen. =)
Tschüss!
- Katharine
Saturday, May 8, 2010
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