Blogs from Valparaiso, Indiana, United States, North America

Day 4 Left Gardiner Montana for the border. Awesome rt 89 through Montana is a must do ride. Fantastic smooth and awesome scenery. Through the Lewis and Clark National forest to elevations approaching 9000 feet. This road follows just to the east of the Rocky Mountains and you can see them the whole way up. Went from hills and mountains to huge fields of hay and wheat. My friend Bob's phone quit working so we stopped at Walmart in Great Falls and bought a new phone. Many of the pics I took are on my go pro and you cannot post videos here at this time unless they are linked to You Tube. Slow uplinks on free wifi so soon as I get a good link will upload some videos. We arrived at Browning Montana for ... read more

Professor Jordan Kerr here and it's T-minus 24 hours till we take off for Dublin! This is the first time I'm packing my riding boots and helmet for a 3-week equestrian adventure and cannot be more excited! Our first week will be spent in Dublin, exploring, going to equine research farms, national stud farms, the Cliffs of Moher and the Dartfield Horse Museum. And yes, we'll be doing some riding and jumping while we're there.... Next up, a ferry to Holyhead and a coach ride to Aintree where we will tour the Grand National Race Course, ala National Velvet. We will have to dub someone our official Elizabeth Taylor for the day :) While in Bath, we won't miss historic Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral. Wondering if we eat and drink? Oh yes, we'll be doing lots ... read more

Alright so I am extremely excited as I have only three weeks left until I leave for la belle France! However I do have a little confession to make. For those of you who don't know in order to study abroad in France you have to apply to CampusFrance in order to obtain your visa, and their response takes at least three weeks. Well....I just sent that off yesterday...by express mail though so that will help a little bit and even though I've heard of some people having problems with CampusFrance for the most part I think my friends this year have had a rather easy time of it. So I am not too worried about that. Anyway done with confession and back to the excitement! I actually just had a friend return from going to ... read more

Oh my goodness I just bought my tickets to France! I got a really good deal, but wow...I haven't spent such a large amount of money in a long time. So it's really happening. Not that I thought it wasn't, but it just seems so real now! I only have one more exam and I'm officially done with this semester. These are my last 2 days living in the dorms. So much is ending! And beginning...how dramatic! ... read more

Well, I have been officially accepted to the Cergy-Pontoise program! I'm so relieved, but the list of forms, letters, supplemental applications to fill out before we go is daunting. The fact that I won't be with a bunch of other americans is a little scary too. It'll just be Ashley, Alysha, and me, plus many thousands of French students! I've begun lists of places to visit on weekends and breaks, things I'll need to buy before we go, things I'll need to do upon arrival. Lists lists lists. I get a little overwhelmed when I look at all of them at once. I'll just take things one step at a time. I'm really excited to go to the French Consulate in Chicago to get my visa. Field trip!!!! I have a lot of work ahead of ... read more