I'm going to Dormund

Title Translation: I'm going to Dortmund!

Today I received confirmation of my placement at Universitat Dortmund. The details are still a little sketchy, but right now it's looking like I'll leave on September 8th, 2007 and return July 31st, 2008... nearly eleven full months later.

Dates I know for sure:

• Pre-exchange language courses are from September 10th - October 5th.
• Orientation and Registration are on October 9th.
• Fall classes begin October 15th.
• Fall classes end on February 8th.
• Christmas break is from December 24th - January 6th (this I find odd).
• I have a semester break from February 11th - April 6th (this I love).
• Spring classes begin on April 7th.
• Spring classes end on July 18th.
• The last day I'll have campus housing July 31st.

What I know about housing:

• I'll be living on or near campus.
• I have my own room.
• And I'll be sharing my bathroom with 2-6 people (last year I shared my bathroom with 41 other girls... this'll be a peice of cake... although I've been told by other exchange students that bathrooms/washrooms aren't really seperated by sex in Europe).

Things I really should do:

• Get a passport.
• Get a plane ticket.
• Get a job (where I work more than one day a week).

Where am I going?

Title translation: Where am I going?

In roughly six months I'll be boarding a plane to Germany, where I'll live for nine months.

Concerns I have:

• I've never lived abroad before.
• I'm going entirely by myself (this is both exciting and terrifying).
• I don't know where exactly in Germany I'll be living.
• My German is complete shit.

Why I'm writing a blog:

• I have a large family, and this is so much easier than e-mailing them.
• Personal use (writing material, incase I suffer some sort of short or long term memory loss, for general shits'n'giggles, etc.).