Hi everyone!
Welcome to my year abroad Blog!
I've been itching to write a post on this Blog for absolutely ages, and now all of my coursework essays are out of the way, I finally can!!
As most of you may know, I study German and Linguistics at university, which means that as part of my studies, I will be heading off to Germany for a year in September 2012. This blog is basically so my friends and family can find out a bit about what I'm doing while I'm away and about what's going on "hinter den Kulissen" (behind the scenes)! Not only will I be writing about my actual trip abroad, but I will be writing about my preparations in the months leading up to departure, hence this blog post.
So here is the million dollar question:"Where are you actually going in Germany?" AHA! Well, that's the hitch. I don't actually know yet! Not knowing where I am going is the scariest thing that is facing me at the moment. I just want to know now!!! I have applied through the British Council to be an English Language Assistant in a school. Most of you who know me well, know that my heart doesn't lie in teaching. Despite this, I see it as a challenge and an experience that has to be tried (providing I get the position, of course!) Plus, I didn't want to have to do exams and Uni essays while I'm having fun on my year abroad!
So, I shall be updating when I hear anything new about what is going on! I was always one of those children who was given a diary for Christmas, filled it out for a few days and then forgot about it. I will definitely try to be more committed to this Blog than I was to my childhood diaries!
I will be posting each new post on Facebook and Twitter, but if you don't use these frequently, then feel free to subscribe to my Blog via email (the box is near the top of the page.) I have also included an RSS feed from a German news website (Deutsche Welle), so that you can all see what is going on in Germany while I am there.
At the moment I can't tell you anything more than I already have, so I think I will leave it here!
Hopefully the posts to come will be a lot more exciting than this one!
Thanks for reading,
Bel xxx
