Pre Departure

Thanks to my pickiness I took forever choosing a title for this blog.  After some serious thought, I settled on “wie kann es sein” as the web address and “alles wird gut” as the title.  “Wie kann es sein” is the title of one of my favorite songs by the Wise Guys which you can listen to here.  It means “how can it be?”  I’m still in disbelief that I’m actually going to be in Germany for so long!  “Alles wird gut” is a line in the song and the literal translation is “everything will be good,” (It’s probably closer to meaning “it’s going to be ok”) which I am hoping will be true.  It also took me forever to decide on a layout.  That being said, this is my study abroad blog!

For the Summer semester of 2010—because in Germany they have Winter and Summer semesters, instead of Fall and Spring—I’ll be studying at Otto-Friedrich Universität Bamberg (in Bamberg, Germany).

No, I have not left yet.  Apparently some people think I’m gone, I’m not.

To begin with, my departure date.  I’ve finally booked tickets!  It was tough, because I don’t actually know when I’ll be able to come home—they’ve given us a very vague exam period (1-3 weeks at the beginning of August).  I leave home at 6pm on March 6^th and arrive in Frankfurt at 11am local time.  Then I’ll hop the train to Bamberg.  As of now I’m scheduled to leave Frankfurt on August 8^th, subject to change.

For the time being, I’m just trying to get my life together and get ready.  I’m still waiting on information about housing.  They said they’d let us know in January, but here it is the end of January and I’ve heard nothing.  I really hope they let me know soon, because I’m getting nervous.  I also really need to get my Visa, I just really hate paperwork.

So that's that.  Chances are, I'm not going to update until much closer to departure.