Here We Go Again

So I have decided that I would try this blog thing again. I will be going to Berlin, Germany within the next few months as part of my graduate school program. With this program I have the wonderful opportunity to spend three American semesters abroad and of course I chose Berlin. Originally I was going to spend one semester in Bath, England, but I decided that I would rather pick one place and stay there for all three semesters instead of having to move to a completely different country after one semester. As some of you know, I'm not a huge fan of change and this would be a pretty significant change, so I altered my plans (yes, I changed) and decided to stay in Berlin.

I will arrive in Berlin sometime in March and live in an apartment somewhere near Humboldt University, hopefully, and I should be able to set up shop there for the whole time and not have to worry about moving. Having the chance to live in Berlin is a dream come true and something I have wanted to do since I first went to Berlin in high school. I am very excited about this opportunity, but at the same time, very nervous. I am responsible for completing the visa process, finding a place to live, and taking care of all those technicalities I have never had to deal with before. Thanks to IES and my time in Freiburg, I was given a place to live and my hand was held as I completed all the necessary government forms. This time, I'll have to be the grown-up and figure all this out myself. Eek!

Until I leave, I will be at home in Indiana taking some last minute trips to see those nearby. There are so many of my friends that are all across the country and unfortunately, I don't think I will be able to see them all due to financial reasons and time constraints. I do hope to work on my German grammar skills and try to polish them up before I leave.

I hope to maintain this blog while I am in Berlin to keep everyone updated with how I'm doing, how classes are going, and what life in Berlin is like in general. I won't be doing as much traveling like I did when I was in Freiburg, but there were will the occasional trip, no worries :)

Enjoy!