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This is Happening In Six Weeks
Aug. 14th, 2011 08:42 pm I've been chatting back and forth with my classmates who are going to Serbia with me next month on our study abroad trip - this is starting to be more real. Especially since we're probably going to go a few days early and sightsee in another European city (because, honestly, am I ever going to have this chance again?) I think - THINK, mind you - that we will be going to London (as long as it's still standing by the time we get there). If not London, then maybe Paris or Vienna (but I am soooo crossing my fingers that the other two who are going decide on London).
While I am super-excited, I am also dead nervous about it. I am soooo not a world traveler and I have no idea how to handle things like should I carry cash or credit cards? Should I even take my debit card? I already know this is going to be expensive (luckily the school has some grant money available for us). What about my cell phone - how much is a call from my phone to my classmates' phone going to be if we're both in the same country? Will I have access to laundry facilities or should I just pack enough clean clothes for the whole time I'm in Europe? What if I get lost?
I think I'll be fine and I'll have a great time once I get there - it's just all the anticipation and preparation that's driving me crazy. Going on a mission was so much easier because the mission office took care of travel arrangements and having someone meet you at the airport and you're traveling with a big group already. Plus, I stayed in the US, so changing money and worrying about debit cards wasn't an issue. Organizing a trip on your own is so much tougher.
Have any of you gone on international trips? Can you please lend a globetrotting greenie some useful advice? I promise I'll post interesting pictures when I get back.
While I am super-excited, I am also dead nervous about it. I am soooo not a world traveler and I have no idea how to handle things like should I carry cash or credit cards? Should I even take my debit card? I already know this is going to be expensive (luckily the school has some grant money available for us). What about my cell phone - how much is a call from my phone to my classmates' phone going to be if we're both in the same country? Will I have access to laundry facilities or should I just pack enough clean clothes for the whole time I'm in Europe? What if I get lost?
I think I'll be fine and I'll have a great time once I get there - it's just all the anticipation and preparation that's driving me crazy. Going on a mission was so much easier because the mission office took care of travel arrangements and having someone meet you at the airport and you're traveling with a big group already. Plus, I stayed in the US, so changing money and worrying about debit cards wasn't an issue. Organizing a trip on your own is so much tougher.
Have any of you gone on international trips? Can you please lend a globetrotting greenie some useful advice? I promise I'll post interesting pictures when I get back.
