pre-departure blog

Jessie Sementelli
I cannot wait for this trip. I have been to Europe before but never to these countries. It is still hard to believe that this trip is around the corner. I am looking forward to meeting new people from these countries and to see the different cultures. I am excited to see the different lands and go on the tours. It will be very interesting to compare and contrast what we have learned thought readings and the classes, to the real experience of being in the country. It will also be interesting to be able to compare it to what India students experienced. I want to find out how people in Central Europe live their life I am expecting this trip to expand my multicultural knowledge and to be very interesting and fun. In my pre-departure paper, I mentioned that I expect these countries to be similar but very different. Even though the countries have many similar aspects, I predict that when we visit the different areas we will find distinct differences in the cultures, the societies and the environment. This trip seems to so short but reading the itinerary it looks like we will be very busy. I hope that when I come back from the trip I will have a new aspect of different cultures and lots of pictures.