The beginning...

For the next year I'll be studying at the University of Tübingen in Germany. I figured this would be the best way to keep all my loved ones updated with my adventures and experiences that I am more than certain will prove to be once in a lifetime. As of now, I'm still at home slowly but surely getting ready for my departure. I am leaving on July 26, and it still seems so surreal. My program doesn't actually start until August 15, but I am going early with my Uncle Robbie, Aunt Patty and my two cousins Andy and David. We're going on a bike tour of the Mosel River Valley and then some exploring around Germany.

This trip is so monumental for me for a number of reasons, a few being - 1. I've never been out of the country and 2. This will be the first time that I am truly on my own as well as the longest (and farthest) I've ever been from my family. Of course there are millions of other reasons but I am ready to go into this next year full throttle. For those of you who know me, I can be rather reserved (and picky) but I am really going to try and embrace as much of the German culture as I possible can, even if it means eating weird things or staying out past my self imposed bedtime of 11 pm. :] 

Even as I'm writing this, it feels like such a dream. I have so much to get organized and figured out before I leave and I don't even know where to start. I am going to try and be pretty diligent about posting updates, but at first I'm sure life will be incredibly hectic and posts will definitely be scattered (much like my brain on a daily basis). 

Love you all, 

Miss Sarah Beth :]