The next time I take a class at Penn State I will be a senior. A SENIOR.
This realization scares me. In a year I will be looking for a job… not just a job, a career.
Well before I go on a rampage, let me introduce myself.
My name is Lucie Victoria Couillard. But since I am going to Germany. Ich hei�e Lucie. Ich komme aus Westchester, New York.
I am a New Yorker. I am turning 21 on March 5 therefore I am a Pisces. My major is Print journalism and I have minors in anthropology and international studies. My dream would be to write for National Geographic but I am not opposed to working other places and expect it will take a very long while for me to work my way up to National Geographic.
I decided to study abroad because I want to see the world and see how other people live. Although I am excited to see amazing, interesting things that only Europe can offer, I really want to see how an average German person’s life is different from mine but also notice the similarities.
Having what my parents call “the travel bug,” I have always taken opportunities to go places but the most I have been truly away from home is two months and this was because I was at school in Pennsylvania.
This past two weeks I have been in Honduras and by the 12th day I was ready to go home. I had an amazing time and can’t wait to return but I was homesick.
This frightened me. How can I be homesick after 12 days when I will be in Germany for four months with no way to return home.
On February 23 I will be flying out of JFK airport with one other Penn Stater to spend my semester in Germany. I will be attending Philipps University in Marburg where the Brothers Grimm went to school. Apparently it is a small, beautiful college town.
Honestly right now the trip seems still very far away and very unreal. I still have a lot to do to prepare and I am having somewhat of a packing dilemma.
Since I don’t leave for a while, I will be bouncing around between Penn State and visiting friends and family. Feel welcome to keep up with my blog, I’ll probably be posting pictures and posts about my life pre-trip including fun photos from Honduras and newly learned packing tips. But the true travel blog will start February 24 after a long plane ride.
Location: Armonk, New York, USA
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