T minus 10 days!

When I was five or six years old, I had a book called "Look Out London!" that had illustrated maps and descriptions of all the major must see attractions in London. I've kept that book all of these years, and I have it on my couch next to me in my college dorm room as I write this post. It's funny how things come full circle, and you never see it coming.

I can't believe I am leaving for London in ten days. This trip has been planned since I decided to come to IU, and it was always an abstract, distant thing that motivated me through all nighters and final exams. But here I am buying suitcases, ordering a visa and a passport, and wondering where my summer will take me. I am so excited to be in such a thriving, amazing city, but I am overwhelmed thinking about all of the things I want to do while I'm there. The museums, the castles and historic buildings, the trendy neighborhoods, the markets... I want to see it all. And I want to do it without seeming like an awkward, lost American tourist, but knowing my sense of direction that may be impossible to avoid.

My Internet access will be limited this summer, and I hope to be spending so much time running around the city that I don't have time to waste hours on Facebook like usual. I am terrible at keeping diaries (check my bedside drawer, there are at least ten diaries with five or six pages written in), but I hope that this blog will force me to write down every detail of this experience. I can't wait to make amazing memories this summer, and I can't wait to share them all with you. Look out London, here I come!