Five day countdown!!

It is hard to believe that I am leaving for London on Sunday. I feel like it was just the other day that I was preparing for my junior year at Mizzou and my trip to China. But now, that has all come and gone, and I am heading off to England for 4 months!! The past five months have been some of the best of my life that I can't even believe how privileged I am to be jetting off to London for another amazing semester.

I will try and keep everyone as updated as possible on my travels, so in order to do that, here are the essential details about my trip:

I will be staying in an area of London called Chelsea. It is known as a very classy and nice part of the city, and supposedly Hugh Grant lives just down the road from where my dorm is! I'm going to be assigned a random roommate in my dorm where I will be staying with a large number of other students on the IES Study London Program.

I got extremely lucky with my class schedule and only have classes on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesdays (aka 4-day weekends every single week). I'm hoping because of this I will have a TON of time to get to know the city of London and even travel to a few other countries! My 5 classes include: The Architecture of London: 1600-Present Day, British Youth Culture from 1950 to the present, The History of London, International Marketing Management, and Passions and Repressions: Cinematic Representations of British Identity in British Cinema

This first post is going to be a bit short since the next five days will be jam packed with packing, tearful goodbyes, and a lot of nerves and excitement. I cannot wait to experience a whole new country and culture and am really hoping to go out of my way to try new things and meet new people.

My flight leaves Chicago Sunday morning (the 11th) and I will be arriving in London late that night. I can't wait to share all my new adventures with my family and friends through my blog!