It is currently 3:45 am in London, and I am sitting here in Heathrow airport nearly 7 hours in to my 8 1/2 hour layover. I know this should have been written before I actually left, but I still have another flight and technically I haven’t “departed” for Vienna haha. My name is Theresa Deppenschmidt and I am headed to Vienna, Austria for the next 5 months! I am majoring in Psychology and minoring in History. Though slightly cliche sounding, I honestly have always wanted to travel (literally though, my dorm was covered in travel posters or pictures of foreign cities). However, the farthest place I have gone out of the country is Mexico. I have never even flown over an ocean, so the fact that I am even sitting in an airport in Europe makes me so happy. I don’t really know what to expect once I am in Vienna, but I think it will be better that way. Actually, I lied. I can’t wait to visit the bakeries, but other than that I’m trying to go in with an open mind.

Location: London - Heathrow Airport