There and Back Again

Whew! First of all, I'm very sorry for not having updated in the last month or so. At first, I was very busy, then not very busy and I felt like an update would have been a little boring, then I got too busy again! Now, I'm procrastinating. Which is always great for blog productivity!

A month ago, the program took a field trip to see Roman/Greek/Gallic ruins, which were very cool. I'll post pictures. Then we went to Arles, where van Gogh (which is pronounced by the French as "van goh-g") painted many of his masterpieces. Arles is also home to many other cool vestiges of Roman history--there is a Coliseum, a theatre, and other cool places to visit. Then we finished the day with another trip to the Pont du Gard, which is one of my favorite places we've visited; it has water, trails, nature, beauty, and it's quiet. You don't know how much I miss silence here sometimes.

Last week, I took a trip home to see my family, and it was a great time. Not much to report--most of it was personal time and therefore not very interesting to the public. My flights to and from the US went smoothly, despite hearing about a shooting in the Frankfort airport that had happened only a couple days before I got there.

I had a midterm yesterday, and it went okay. It was one of those tests that I felt like I had studied for, but then I realized how much I had missed about a half hour before class started, so I had to cram. Not the best feeling, but I've definitely done worse.

This weekend marks the beginning of a ca-razy semester for me. I suppose I should say that last weekend did because I was traveling, but it didn't feel like it counted because I went home. Traveling schedule for the semester (at least, what I have planned so far):

March 13: Skiing day in the Alps!
March 17-19: Dusseldorf, Germany
March 24-27: Strasbourg, France
April 6-10: Istanbul, Turkey
April 14-17: Paris
April 21-27: London and Oxford, England
then hopefully May 15-21: Corsica!
sometime in June: Rome with my parents!

Tomorrow starts the beginning of Lent, which will finish while I am in England, so we'll see how the Brits celebrate Easter!

Getting Started

I know this is a little early to start writing about studying abroad, especially considering I was only accepted a few weeks ago, but I thought I could get a start on writing about all the preparation I get to do. I'm very excited, you know. :)

Yesterday, I sent in my formal acceptance of their acceptance of me. It's great! Everybody loves each other. At least, everybody accepts each other. It probably helps that I sent in a $500 check along with my response form. I'll let you know how our relationship develops. I don't bribe just anyone...

Now that all of that is taken care of, I get to go see a doctor next week over Spring Break to get a physical done. I know, you don't have to tell me how jealous you are. I'm sure you would all rather give up your warm, sunny Florida beach vacations to go see a doctor, but not everyone can have it all.

I already have my passport, so I don't need to worry about that. All that's really left to do is to apply for more scholarships! I love writing essays.