Today all of my friends are either at school or on their way there, while I am happily at home with my animals and parents. Even if I wasn't taking a gap year before I head off to college and life I still wouldn't be going anywhere for another few days; orientation at Smith College in MA [my college of choice for those of you who didn't previously know (also, everyone keeps asking me where it is)] doesn't start until the second of September.
I'm very excited that my parents are letting me take this year to travel and study German before college. I've always thought that gap years are a wonderful idea, we need a year to relax and not need to worry about tests and grades and the future.
My gap year will really begin in November when I leave for Hamburg, Germany where I will be living and studying at a language school for six months. While I'm there I plan on traveling all over Europe and go to as many different cities and countries as I possibly can. Eventually I want to travel to every country of the world, but for now, I think I'll just stick with a majority of Europe!
I can't wait to see what the next year brings!
