Tuesday, January 27, 2009

3 Blogs I Like

"While I was in LA, my mom re-arranged my bathroom"
I chose this blog because I like to read about what the celebrities I follow are doing. By reading Taylor Swift's blogs I feel like I know her more personally. I have only met her once, and it makes me happy that she a huge Britney Spears fan just like me. :)
"Vienna Daily"
I really like this blog site because of all the pictures of Vienna. The author puts up pictures of Vienna everyday. I haven't really looked at many pictures, but it makes me more excited to go there!

"VIOLA DAVIS: WHAT’S THE BUZZ?"
I searched for Viola Davis because I know she has recently been nominated for an Oscar. I personally know her because my mom works with her sister, and I did a phone interview with her last year for a paper I was writing. It is really exciting to know that more people are enjoying her performances and she is become famous!!

Friday, January 23, 2009

My Hopes for Vienna

Franklin Pierce University is considered to be a small school because of the amount of people that go there and the size of the campus. I know many students there in all different grades, but luckily by studying abroad this semester in Vienna I will become even closer to a small group of students that I am hoping to become good friends with. I want us to learn as much as possible, see a different way of living, and mature more as young adults together.

My hopes for the FPU faculty and staff that are traveling with us are that they can help us, the students, feel comfortable in a different country; teach us the language; and have a great time while learning new things too. I hope they can go back to the USA with a different point of view, and also say they were able to get closer to a group of students.

My hopes for myself would be to become even more independent than I already am. I want to be able to communicate with the Europeans. I want to do well with my classes, and at the same time learn about the country I am studying in. I hope that when I come back to the USA I can look back at this experience and say to myself that I was glad I did it.

I'm nervous about many things. I will feel nervous until I've been in Vienna for a couple days. I will miss my family, my dog, cat, friends, and my house. I also am nervous about the packing situation because I tend to overpack all the time. Even though I am nervous about going to Vienna, I am just as much excited to be going!!