ERASMUS Madness

Earlier this academic year I made a spontaneous decision to extend my course by taking part in Erasmus. I never actually wanted to do it, but I knew I didn’t want to leave uni so soon so I tried for ages to get a place on a scheme where I could study abroad in America and when that failed, I attempted to go to Hong Kong, but that fell through too. I finally realised Erasmus was my only hope of taking a year out. I went to see the Erasmus coordinator long after the deadline for applications had passed, and just happened to walk in her office as she was preparing to send the forms off. She told me she had one spare space in a university called Konstanz. She showed me a picture of the campus. It was beautiful. I accepted the place, never actually believing I’d go through with it. Well, it’s now Friday night, and I leave for Germany on Sunday morning. I have decided I’m going to use my blog as a diary for this experience. Right now it just does not feel real. I know it is so close but I have done zero preparation. The extent of my preparation is literally booking my flight. And even that is only a single! I have not opened a German book, and this scares me as I cannot recall any of my GCSE German or any of what I learned in my first year of university when I took a refresher course! I also have not done anything in the way of packing, although I did sort out some photos that I want to take with me. My focus is definitely going to be on nicknaks to make me feel at home rather than practical items like clothing. So far I am taking photos, my laptop and a towel! I just have no idea how to pack for a year. I shall update tomorrow when I hopefully will have packed. But if anyone has any experience in this area, please please please share your tips with me! Till the morrow then…

: 02 Sep 2006 01:00 |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem