I thought I would be blogging a lot more than I am, but I have been so busy and I feel like I have not done much except settle down a little bit since I arrived. Anyway, I will start where I left off... Orientation on the second day was much longer than the first, we had it all day and just learned a brief overview of everything we should know. It was just extremely chaotic and the program being unorganized did not help much. Later that night, we checked out ...

Hello from Barcelona! It seems so strange to finally be saying this, but I am here at last! It has been definitely been a busy and interesting couple of days. From the moment I took off at O'Hare my hands were shaking. The flight was fine, I slept for probably around 5 hours which is surprising considering my neck was aching in pain. When we arrived in Rome, the view from the plane was incredible...I would love to explore Rome but when we arrived it was rai...

As I am writing this, I am sitting at the Lakefront on Langdon looking at a frozen Lake Mendota. Most of my friends have already left Madison, my apartment is chaotic with moving and packing, and in a short hour I will also be leaving Madison for the next 5 months. I started this blog so that I could share my travels with my family and friends. I know that being so far away, it will be a comfort for me to stay connected with everyone I care about back home, ...