Packing

10 days until I leave! I've already started kind-of packing...well, at least I'm setting some stuff aside. I'm already worried that I am going to want to bring WAY too much. I have to pack about 4-months worth of stuff into just a few small bags. It was hard enough to choose what I wanted to pack for South Africa, and that was for only two months, and I was trying to bring clothes I didn't like and haven't worn in a while. I didn't have too many of those, so packing was actually easy. But Ireland/London requires a whole different wardrobe. It's going to be cold, it's going to be grey-skied, it's going to have rain/snow. Thank heavens I am prepared for this kind of environment from living in Michigan and going to school in Syracuse. But, that means I have a LOT of clothes that I will want to bring.

Anyway, getting really excited. In Ireland, we are doing some AWESOME things; I keep reading the itinerary. We are studying in Dublin at Trinity College, which has a beautiful campus. I am so excited to explore it and see what it is like being a college student in Ireland. We are also touring a prison! I am really excited for Belfast because the hotel we are staying at is right in the center of the shopping/nightlife center of the city. And we have a couple free evenings/nights, so we will get to explore the city on our own, which is cool. We also get to explore the famous Dunluce Castle, see a big rugby match at Ravenhill Stadium, and hear some really exciting lectures from some pretty interesting-sounding people. I am trusting that SU Abroad hooked us up with some really good professors. The Syracuse professor that is leading our seminar sounds really cool.

Gotta finish up my homework for Ireland!