Wednesday 31st August 2011. The night before I leave for France.
I used to write a diary so I am hoping I will be able to keep this up for the next 10 months! For those of you who don't know, I am about to embark upon a year in France as part of my degree at Southampton University. I have been lucky enough to have an internship at HEC Paris, a very prestigious University not far from Versailles... I will be a sort of Librarian for their Library on Campus! Fortunately I am provided with a free room on campus which I am so pleased about as it means not having to worry about all that kind of thing once I am out there!
Its nice that so many people have wished me 'bon voyage' and 'bonne chance' and have said 'Yes I'll come and visit you!', so I am creating this blog in the hope that people are genuinely interested in what I'm upto, and they weren't just being polite when they say 'Keep in touch and let us know how you get on!'. And also it will be a good thing for me to do so I dont withdraw myself from England aha.
I am only just starting to get out of my denial stage. I have had a truly fantastic summer, spending it with wonderful people, who have made leaving just that little bit harder! :( And so with work and being busy old me, I kept putting off thinking about leaving, packing, and general 'to do' things before going away. But in approximately 8 hours I will be on my way to Gaie Paris with my mummy. I am more excited about travelling on the Eurostar for the first time than anything else! But in terms of being in France itself, I am absolutely petrified... ! What if I don't like it? What if my room is horrible? What if the hours are too long? What if I can't come home? How on earth am I going to communicate with people when I can't even speak French!!!
But, I must be confident! Take one month at a time as my dad says, and like everyone else has reassured me ' it will be fine'. I do hope so.
I am going to end this first blog by apologising that I am not the best writer when it comes to these sorts of things. I am not funny, nor witty, nor creatively blessed at fancy writing! But I'll tell you the truth, the nitty gritty details and I will do my best to write as often as I can!
A la prochaine :) xxx
