I GOT MY PASSPORT IN THE MAIL YESTERDAY, WITH MY CZECH VISA.
... i am actually going abroad! WIN.
i also got an email from the office of international studies assistant director asking me why i haven't paid the 500-dollar deposit for cerge-ei. um. hopefully that is going to be resolved soon.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
two months!
december 1: two months to go!
as dorky as it sounds, i purposely waited until today for my second blog posting. i don't want to seem too eager - and i'm sure when i'm actually abroad, i won't be updating as much as i want to. well it is already december, meaning i am not only closer to prague, but i am also closer to leaving wes for eight months. not too much has changed since my last post - none of my final papers have been canceled and i still have an impending econ exam (a different one, but it will be just as hard). well. glad to know some things don't change.
i have nine days of class left and a short 22 days on campus before leaving. not sure if my travel plans were finalized a month ago, but i am leaving wes on december 23 and staying in new york with a family friend for a week before leaving for seoul on december 30. i'll arrive at the airport around 10pm on december 31, so chances are high that i will spend the last hours of 2009 and the first hour of 2010 in transit. i can't believe it but it's been 11 months since i've been home, so i can't wait. i'll have a month to relax (read: lots of tv) and maybe think about my future before leaving on february 1.
a little bit about my actual study abroad program. i'm studying at CERGE-EI - (center for economic research and graduate education - economic institute) but fear not, i am not taking graduate classes.. or any econ, for that matter. a branch of CERGE-EI includes the study abroad program - UPCES - undergraduate program in central european studies. this is where i will be taking courses with study abroad students from the states, some from the czech republic, and european students who are studying in the erasmus program (the european version of study abroad). there are 47 american students going to prague - two from wesleyan, and a lot from umich and middlebury. i have yet to meet my wesleyan counterpart, but i hear he's quite nice.
i picked out my classes last week, so this is what i'll hopefully be taking:
-elementary czech
-prague as a living history (read: each class will be a field trip. epic!)
-european integration from a central european perspective
-life in a totalitarian regime
-hopefully an independent study religion course
thanksgiving was just a couple days ago, and it made me think a lot about all the things that i am thankful for - including the opportunity to go abroad. as i started taking down pictures and postcards in my room, i realized a few things.
1) i am old. i'm 20, turning 21 in less than two months, and i'm about to go live in a foreign country for four months where i don't speak the language and where i don't have any friends.
2) still, i can't wait.
my next post will be in 2010 - probably a few days after new year's, when i'm settled in at home. these are the places i've been - and soon, there will be lots of pictures of the places i will go! (i'm also trying to get used to incorporating pictures into blog posts). fancy.
as dorky as it sounds, i purposely waited until today for my second blog posting. i don't want to seem too eager - and i'm sure when i'm actually abroad, i won't be updating as much as i want to. well it is already december, meaning i am not only closer to prague, but i am also closer to leaving wes for eight months. not too much has changed since my last post - none of my final papers have been canceled and i still have an impending econ exam (a different one, but it will be just as hard). well. glad to know some things don't change.
i have nine days of class left and a short 22 days on campus before leaving. not sure if my travel plans were finalized a month ago, but i am leaving wes on december 23 and staying in new york with a family friend for a week before leaving for seoul on december 30. i'll arrive at the airport around 10pm on december 31, so chances are high that i will spend the last hours of 2009 and the first hour of 2010 in transit. i can't believe it but it's been 11 months since i've been home, so i can't wait. i'll have a month to relax (read: lots of tv) and maybe think about my future before leaving on february 1.
a little bit about my actual study abroad program. i'm studying at CERGE-EI - (center for economic research and graduate education - economic institute) but fear not, i am not taking graduate classes.. or any econ, for that matter. a branch of CERGE-EI includes the study abroad program - UPCES - undergraduate program in central european studies. this is where i will be taking courses with study abroad students from the states, some from the czech republic, and european students who are studying in the erasmus program (the european version of study abroad). there are 47 american students going to prague - two from wesleyan, and a lot from umich and middlebury. i have yet to meet my wesleyan counterpart, but i hear he's quite nice.
i picked out my classes last week, so this is what i'll hopefully be taking:
-elementary czech
-prague as a living history (read: each class will be a field trip. epic!)
-european integration from a central european perspective
-life in a totalitarian regime
-hopefully an independent study religion course
thanksgiving was just a couple days ago, and it made me think a lot about all the things that i am thankful for - including the opportunity to go abroad. as i started taking down pictures and postcards in my room, i realized a few things.
1) i am old. i'm 20, turning 21 in less than two months, and i'm about to go live in a foreign country for four months where i don't speak the language and where i don't have any friends.
2) still, i can't wait.
my next post will be in 2010 - probably a few days after new year's, when i'm settled in at home. these are the places i've been - and soon, there will be lots of pictures of the places i will go! (i'm also trying to get used to incorporating pictures into blog posts). fancy.
great wall of china, summer 2006
fall break in new york, fall 2007
new year's eve in grand rapids, january 2008
wesleyan univ, middletown, ct, fall 2008
yellowstone lake, summer 2009
travel itinerary for 2010 includes czech republic, germany, austria, france, italy, and hopefully others :)
wesleyan univ, middletown, ct, fall 2008
yellowstone lake, summer 2009
travel itinerary for 2010 includes czech republic, germany, austria, france, italy, and hopefully others :)
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