the REAL countdown is here...

I fly out of Toronto a week from tomorrow. In 8 short days I'll be leaving for Europe! The packing process is a nightmare, of course, but I'm hoping to be able to get everything I need packed. Of course, I have no idea what I'll actually need for living at the "Road of the frosty/icy door." I hope the street name isn't a bad omen...

I also found out that the IES students are having a 3 day off-site orientation in a city called Vannes. Personally, I'd never even heard of Vannes before! It's in the Brittany region, close to the Atlantic. So basically, within 24 hours of being in France I'll be in 3 different cities - flying into Paris, staying a night in Nantes, then going to Vannes. so excited!
à bientôt !

Bienvenue, l'aventure!

T-30 days!
Yep, in less than a month I'm going to be taking off for Europe! The program in Nantes starts a month from today, so I'll be leaving a month from yesterday. I'm so excited...in a terrified kind of way. I've never left the North American continent before, but this is something of which I've always dreamed!

The purpose of this blog is to keep all of you posted (no pun intended...) on my life in Nantes. Ideally, I'd like to plan to update at least weekly, but we'll see how things turn out in reality. I'll plan to write about what I'm up to and what I do, but...well, knowing me there will be tangents and digressions about anything and everything, bien sûr! (and I'll try to keep the franglais to a minimum, I know that drives some of my non-francophone friends and family bonkers. no promises once I get thrown into 24/7 French though!)
à bientôt !