Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Flying Across the Pond

I'm currently trying to cram in the last three episodes of Game of Thrones before our flight leaves tomorrow. Hence the late night post. I finished packing earlier this afternoon, but it still hasn't hit me I’m leaving for Europe - tomorrow. I spent the previous summer recovering from knee surgery, and I wanted to do something amazing and different for my last summer. A study abroad trip to Germany that involved veterinary medicine, culture, and classmates sounded perfect. The program dates were months away when I applied, and I couldn't even picture myself finishing the semester at that point. There were so many exams and deadlines to hit before then. Now I am finally leaving. 

This will be my second time in Europe, and actually my second time at an airport in Germany (only a layover), but this will be my first time without my family and without culinary convenience. I’m excited and nervous and all kinds of worried I’m going to hop on the wrong bus and end up back at the airport instead of the hotel. Luckily, I’m traveling with three of the other girls early to Basel, and I know one of us will figure it out.

I’m looking forward to experiencing veterinary medicine in an international setting (shadowing the vets in Denmark sounds amazing!) as well as the life and culture of the places we visit, meeting and staying with current veterinary students in universities across Europe, and traveling with friends. I have heard only good things about this trip from students who have gone on it the past two years, and I am eager to have good memories of my own to share back with them.


I’m going to miss my cats and my family like crazy, but that’s why they invented Facetime and Skype, right? After all, you should always “do one thing every day that scares you.” Well, Eleanor, let’s make this a two day thing, okay?

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