So I'm starting to get pretty nervous about Spain. Here are a few reasons why:
1. For one thing, orientation is on the 29th of this month in Madrid and I have yet to receive my visa. No visa means no plane ticket which means I have no set departure date. However, I recently was told about Statravel.com which gives discounts to students, people under 26 and teachers. They still have tickets under $600 going to Madrid this month so I might be ok.
2. I haven't started packing yet. I don't even know where to start! I mean of course I know I need to pack clothes, but I still haven't gotten adapters for the plugs or an international cell phone or things for the plane (i.e. travel pillow and blanket). I feel really overwhelmed and I wish someone would just give me a magic list with everything I am going to need PLUS tell me how to pack it all so that I don't go over weight limits at the airport. Alas, I'm am not a Disney princess and there are no such things as packing genies.
3. I have no money. I never have any money which is starting to concern me. I never feel that this is a fault of mine. I don't know where the money goes, it just disappears. Oh wait, I know where it went most recently; to my visa application. $140 for the application itself plus $45 for the translation of the Apostille plus $38 to overnight the application to Miami including the fee to have them overnight it back to me....this sentence is starting to run on. I'm hoping that I can do a better job handling my money in Spain but I know all those excursions are going to get me.
4. EVERYONE seems to be so much more prepared than me! We have a group on Facebook for all the Cultural Ambassadors and everyone is talking about bank accounts and planning excursions. Some people are already in Spain, living it up. I don't even have a plane ticket. Maybe this is all just some terrible joke that the world is playing on me. Maybe I'm not really going to Spain at all.
That's most likely not true considering I've received my placement. I'm going to be in the region of Murcia at a school in Jumilla. I've already been in contact with a teacher from the school who has offered to help me in any way possible. She's already started looking for apartments for me (which is not the case for everyone, I know)! Plus, I've been in contact with a guy who was in Jumilla last year and who has put me in contact with a girl who lives across the street from my school!
So not everything is bad. It does appear that I will have a place to sleep when I get there, or at least some people to talk to. All in all, I'm really excited. I'm freaking out, but I'm excited. Once I've packed everything, I'll write a post about it, just in case any future ambassadors stumble across my blog. Please post any comments that you have!
Thanks for reading!
~Arisha~
1. For one thing, orientation is on the 29th of this month in Madrid and I have yet to receive my visa. No visa means no plane ticket which means I have no set departure date. However, I recently was told about Statravel.com which gives discounts to students, people under 26 and teachers. They still have tickets under $600 going to Madrid this month so I might be ok.
2. I haven't started packing yet. I don't even know where to start! I mean of course I know I need to pack clothes, but I still haven't gotten adapters for the plugs or an international cell phone or things for the plane (i.e. travel pillow and blanket). I feel really overwhelmed and I wish someone would just give me a magic list with everything I am going to need PLUS tell me how to pack it all so that I don't go over weight limits at the airport. Alas, I'm am not a Disney princess and there are no such things as packing genies.
3. I have no money. I never have any money which is starting to concern me. I never feel that this is a fault of mine. I don't know where the money goes, it just disappears. Oh wait, I know where it went most recently; to my visa application. $140 for the application itself plus $45 for the translation of the Apostille plus $38 to overnight the application to Miami including the fee to have them overnight it back to me....this sentence is starting to run on. I'm hoping that I can do a better job handling my money in Spain but I know all those excursions are going to get me.
4. EVERYONE seems to be so much more prepared than me! We have a group on Facebook for all the Cultural Ambassadors and everyone is talking about bank accounts and planning excursions. Some people are already in Spain, living it up. I don't even have a plane ticket. Maybe this is all just some terrible joke that the world is playing on me. Maybe I'm not really going to Spain at all.
That's most likely not true considering I've received my placement. I'm going to be in the region of Murcia at a school in Jumilla. I've already been in contact with a teacher from the school who has offered to help me in any way possible. She's already started looking for apartments for me (which is not the case for everyone, I know)! Plus, I've been in contact with a guy who was in Jumilla last year and who has put me in contact with a girl who lives across the street from my school!
So not everything is bad. It does appear that I will have a place to sleep when I get there, or at least some people to talk to. All in all, I'm really excited. I'm freaking out, but I'm excited. Once I've packed everything, I'll write a post about it, just in case any future ambassadors stumble across my blog. Please post any comments that you have!
Thanks for reading!
~Arisha~
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