Buen viaje to me

Hey all. Bear with me--I've never written one of these blog-things before, and I've got a feeling I'm not going to be very good at it in the beginning. I'm also writing in a different font than the one Yen chose, so it's easier to tell who wrote what. Exciting.

I, like Yen, am packing for Europe, although I leave on Monday. I'm flying to Málaga, a city on Spain's southern coast, after a quick layover in Paris. From Málaga, I take a bus to Granada to meet my host family and start orientation before classes begin.

At this point, I'm more excited than nervous. My plan to brush up on Spanish and watch a whole slew of Spanish films over break failed miserably, though. My only recent preparation for Spain has been a viewing of Superbad dubbed in Spanish that I managed to squeeze in. Yes, you laugh now, but it has filled a glaring void in my Spanish vocabulary. Some things you just can't learn from books. That's always been my motto.

Hasta luego.
Brian