While a brief two-week trip to France and Spain during the summer of 2014 introduced me to the world of possibilities that lies ahead of me, this “school vacation” only uncovered the depth of cultural exploration that is out there still for me to seek out…
Well, after months of gathering documents, making phone calls, filling out paperwork, and getting fingerprints, a very brief trip to Chicago has concluded the process of applying for my Greek student visa…
So this Greece trip is really happening. Every time I check something off my to-do list, I feel a little more excited and even more nervous about the fact that I will actually be going to Greece for four months of studying abroad. I’m starting to have visions of myself clinging onto my father at the airline gateway, him saying “Rachael, sweetie, you need to get on the plane now and leave. You need to go,” while I refuse to unlatch…