Count Down Begins

Hello!

As many of you know I am about to move to Florence, Italy for about six months. I wanted to make this travel blog to fill people in on this new journey I’m about to begin and ask for help/advice from those who have traveled, lived or studied abroad. I plan to make many trips around Western Europe and would love to hear your stories about amazing places you’ve been, foods you’ve eaten, people you’ve met ect. My desire is to go to Greece, Spain, France, Germany, England, Scotland, Ireland, and Norway. So if you have been to ANY of these places and have ANY kind of experience please share. If while you were in Spain you found the little best café tell me where it is and I will track it down. I want to go on as many adventures as possible, so live vicariously through me and send me somewhere you wished you’d gone or want to return to. I leave on January 19th and as I count down the days to my departure I find myself in need of pre-departure advice as well. So feel free to leave your wisdom below. I can’t even begin describe my excitement and anxiety about leaving I only hope that you are just as thrilled and willing to participate in this epic adventure!

P.S. This is the school that I am going to…

Lorenzo de’Medici
http://www.lorenzodemedici.org/
Class List:
Ballet II, Jazz II, Intro to Digital Photography (expect to see a lot of pictures), Italian (don’t be surprised when I start to sprinkle this page with Italian), and Wine and Italian Culture (yep, you’re jealous!)

Starting Something New

So as many of you know, I will be moving to Florence, Italy for a little more than four months next year. I will be leaving January 19th, 2010 and as of now I have no flight home. I wanted to create this blog, my first blog, to fill people in on this extraordinary journey that I am about to begin. Next semester I will be going to Lorenzo de' Medici, an international counter part to the University of Florence. The school focuses on art, language and culture and creates an environment for students throughout the world to be submersed into all things Italia. So as I start to plan for my trip, that seems to be coming up soo fast, I ask for your help. To anyone who has lived/studied/or even just traveled abroad give me your advice. Tell me where I should go, what I should see, who I should talk to, what to eat! I am open to pretty much anything out there, and feel free to open up about any place in Europe, since I do not have a flight home, I am planning to travel outside of Italy to Greece, Spain, France, England, Ireland, Scotland and end my adventure with family in Norway. I can't wait to start this journey and am so excited to hear about your travels and adventures.

--Leandra

http://www.lorenzodemedici.org/
(school's website)