I still have just over 72 days before my departure time. I'm taking a few music classes this summer to finish some stuff before departing, and I had thought that these classes would keep me distracted and make time fly by. It's not. I have way more free time than I thought I would and so I'm spending so much time just trying to keep myself occupied.
That's besides the point. I believe I've forgot to talk about my flight plans! So here we go.
I depart from Chicago at 10:15 on August 27th. There is a freakishly long flight to Istanbul in Turkey, where I will have a few hours layover before flying to Stuttgart, where my host family has so generously agreed to pick me up from! I will officially arrive at my foreign home late in the evening on the 28th of August, where I will have a couple of days to orient and settle myself before orientation stuff begins on the 31st, I believe.
The other day, a friend of mine and I got brunch together, and spent a significant time just chatting in German. It was so much fun and doesn't help my excitement, other than just make me want to leave more. I really hope my language abilities are enough for me to just dive in and speak only German. My host family I'm sure will be very encouraging and patient and helpful. It's a good thing I have a few days to just acquaint myself before jumping into orientations.
It is a weird assortment of emotions, thinking about what is coming up in 72 days.
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