A Small Wanderer

Stacey now has a legitimate blog!

{Applause!}
Welcome!

I figured this would be the best way to keep in touch with everyone during my study abroad adventures. A blog might be slightly more convenient to read than gigantic mass emails (though I might send one of those occasionally too).

So I'm currently sitting in my parents' house in good ol' South Beaver, Western Pennsylvania. One week from now, I'll be sitting on an overnight flight from JFK to Rome. Crazy thought. The idea that I'm going to be in Europe for four months hasn't really sunk in yet.

I have so much to do this week, not the least of which is contacting AUR to make sure I was assigned housing (I never got a confirmation). Well, I hope I have housing once I get there. That might be nice. What worries me more is my flights. I fly from Pittsburgh to JFK, then I take an overnight flight to Rome. Both flights are on Delta. The thing that worries me is making the flight to Rome in JFK. From what I've seen, the recommended time allowance for layovers in airports like JFK is three hours. I have one. One hour to navigate an airport I've never been in. Hopefully, the fact that I'm flying Delta both ways will mean that my checked baggage will be taken care of for me and that both my arriving and departing flights will be in the same terminal.

Also, I still can't speak Italian. But that's only a minor detail, right?

posted by Stacey @ 6:21 AM