42 Days and Counting...

I will be in Germany in 42 days. 42 days? So close and yet so far. In 42 days I am going to be in Germany and going to be speaking German for a year.

42 days seems shorter when I think of packing. How do you pack for a year? My dream is to take one suitcase and then just buy stuff over there. We'll see if that really works. :-)

So not much to say in the way of details about my trip--they still haven't told me where I will be living (I'm hoping to find out soon...but I have been saying that for weeks). Anyways, here is a rough outline of my year:

Aug 7--Arrive in Germany
Aug 8-11--Orientation (Placement test on the 9th...eeek)
Aug 14-Sept 22--Intensive Language Program
Sept 23-Oct 10--Break
Oct 11-13--Academic Advising
Oct 16-Feb 3/9--Semester I (Christmas break: Dec 23-Jan 3)
Sometime in Feb/Mar/Apr--Winter break (6 weeks off, yay!)
Apr-mid/late July--Semester II
Late July--come home

This is about all the information I know about my trip. Hopefully more to come. Auf wiedersehen and have a pleasant day!