Preface

As students start moving back to campus and friends start anticipating the upcoming semester it makes me think about what I will be missing. Tailgating and football games, working both of my jobs, and the good friends that I have made since freshman year.

However, the brevity of this thought is astonishing when I think of how I will be half a world away, in an environment that I have never experienced before, and a culture that is in stark contrast to ours. I think not of what I will miss, but rather what new experiences lie ahead of me.

I just booked my airline ticket; this single action has increased my excitement twofold. The finality of this action proves that I am not dreaming, and that in one month I will be studying, living, and adjusting to a foreign country for a semester.