Five Days To Go

Since I have five days until I depart for Greece for 4 & 1/2 months, I thought it would be a good idea to start a blog for everyone back home about my travels. I will be studying at the American College of Thessaloniki (ACT.edu if you wanna check it out!) for business. Thessaloniki is a fairly touristy place, from what I've heard. Hopefully not too many riots, I've heard at least 30 of my relatives tell me to stay away from those! I know, I know! While I'm "studying" abroad, I plan to travel...A LOT! I can't wait to. The main places I wanna hit are Romania, Germany, Ireland, U.K., Spain & France. My roommate, Natashya, will be studying abroad in Paris, so I will definitely be visiting there! 

We are leaving here Sunday around 9 a.m. to get to the CHICAGO airport by 3ish. I decided to just leave from Chicago because the ticket prices are literally $1,000 less just to fly out from there. Might as well make the drive...again! (Had to make a day trip to see the consulate in Chicago, which took 12 hours to drive there & back for a 30 minute appointment...ridiculous). I luckily got onto the same flight as all of the other kids from Eau Claire going to Greece too. So, I won't be alone! I'm lucky my mom is willing to drive me again, although she will be a bit lonely on the way back. My boyfriend, Brandon, might be coming for the ride, but I'm not sure yet.

As soon as we arrive in Thessaloniki, we are meeting with someone from the ACT school to bring us to our housing. I will be staying in student housing, in a building called Alexandrias. The rooms consist of 2 (twin size...) beds, a kitchen & bathroom. I just found out my roommate a week ago, her name is Rachel, and she is also from Eau Claire. I'm a little nervous because with the e-mail sent of the housing list, my building doesn't have as many students in it. I'm not sure if that means the rest of the building are locals, or what is going on. But either way, I am excited! 

I can't believe Greece is so close, I'm getting nervous! I hate flying on airplanes, let alone a plane ride with two stops, making it a WHOLE DAY until I get to Greece! Oh, well it will be worth the fly!