Typical Pre-Departure

I leave for Montpellier in 2 days and I am still not packed and I still don't feel that I am actually moving to France. It won't hit me until I am in Paris running between train stations trying to speak my high school taught French.  Then I will say, "What the HELL am I doing!?!?" Not really.  But that would be funny.

So for people who want to know more about what I am off to do, let me tell you what I know:

• I am going to school in Europe for 2 years (one year France and one year elsewhere)
• I am living in a studio
• No, I don't speak French
• The classes are in English
• In the end I will hopefully have a Master's in Winemaking

Sorry, but that is all I know as of now.  I am really just playing this one by ear.  Any details on course work will be figured out during that course work.  How I will live in France will be an ongoing mystery solved.  Honestly, one can grill me on details when I come home for Christmas (yes, my mother was kind enough to fly me home for the holidays).

There are some fun facts about myself that I recently realized...

1. Once in France, I will have lived in 3 countries in one year. 
2. That is 3 languages I will have been around in one year (YES Australians speak a different language).
3. I have had 2 visa's in the past year.
4. This is a life long dream come true.
5. Deep down inside I think I chose France because of their daily baked baguettes. 

But in all seriousness, living in 3 countries (counting the USA) in one year is cool but also a pain in the ass.  You have to pack and unpack, get into a new groove, make friends, figure out how to communicate...there are lots of things.  I am excited, scared, nervous, curious, and any other emotion one can have.  I think all these emotions are why I have had a pounding head ache the last day.  As you can see, my mind is scattered and there are sooo many things to do and think about and see.  

This is going to be an adventure.