Preparing!

Hello, all!

My name is Nathalie, and in 2 days I am flying to Nova Scotia to begin my epic journey around the world through the Semester at Sea program. Basically, during the span of one hundred and some days, I am going to be taking classes on a giant floating university and occasionally getting off at select ports around the globe to experience the local cultures/broaden my horizons/hopefully improve the world's view of Americans (the last one is probably somewhat unlikely, though I think we can all safely say that isn't my fault). Right now I'm finalizing my packing list/ putting everything I might possibly pack in one room before I start actually putting things into suitcases and doing other important things such as fitting as much Internet time into the next 48 hours as humanly possible (apparently Internet access is very, very expensive on the MV Explorer...) while also packing and buying everything I still need and setting up this blog.

Speaking of this blog, I have no idea how often I will be able to update it due to the expensive Internet. I'm hoping once I'm on the boat (which is actually a ship, but I seem to have gotten in the habit of referring to it as a boat, most likely because of a certain pop culture song that revolves around being on one) I'll figure everything out but for now I can not promise anything in terms of how often this blog will be updated. Still, I plan to share as much of my journey as I can with you all (whoever that may be), and I hope you enjoy reading about my adventures.

Well then, until next time!