Here we go...

Hello world. I am new to this blogging thing so hold your rotten tomatoes as I work through the kinks in these first few posts and try to get the hang of it. Hopefully after a couple you will actually start to enjoy what I have to say. If not then please, still hold the rotten tomatoes.

It's 8:35 pm, the night before I leave for the semester and I have yet to finish packing....this should be interesting. We just finished an awesome dinner that my mom made consisting of paella, steak, salad and key lime pie (yum) and I got to spend the weekend with miss Lydia Green which was AWESOME. Mom, dad, Brooke and I are leaving for the airport at 7am tomorrow where I will meet up with Rachel for our flight at 11. Thank god we got seats next to each other on the plane or I don't know what I would do for the 15 hour flight. Hopefully I don't annoy her tooooooo much, but no promises.

So, here I am, sitting in my house in Wilton, CT, with only goals and aspirations for the next four months floating through my head. As I travel half way across the world, I will pass through 6 time zones, cross the equator and trade Summer for Winter...borrowing words from OMC, "how bizarre"

To wrap things up, here is a sneak peak into my bucket list, I hope to accomplish everything on it and experience even more along the way

1. go skydiving 
2. go great white shark cage diving 
3. go paragliding 
4. hike the "3 peaks" (Lion's Head, Table Mountain and Devil's Peak) in one day...but also hike each of them individually 
5. spend time in a township 
6. go on a safari
7. learn how to surf 
8. avoid bungy jumping at all costs 

Wish me luck! (Especially for this whole packing ordeal) 

Lindsey