Montana to Mexico

For those of you that don't know, I'm going to Mexico for 2 whole months!!  I'm leaving on Monday, and the nerves are definitely starting to set in.  But I'm excited, and I'm going to use this site/blog/whatever-it-is to post updates for anyone that's interested.

On my first trip out of the country (besides to Canada of course), I'll be traveling to Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico to study abroad.  I'll take Spanish language and culture classes at a university there, la Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara.  I'll stay with some family for a few days, then with a host family for the rest of my time there.  I speak some Spanish, but not much and not very well!  The hope is that I'll become fluent in my time there.

I will try to post updates at least weekly, but we'll see how things go and what I'll be able to do.  I understand that I should have good internet for most of the time, so that will be nice.  At this point, I feel like I'll just need to stop worrying too much and just get down there and see what happens, though that's easier said than done!  I'm still trying to pack and figure out how in the world I'm going to survive in the heat and foreign-ness of it all, but it will be an awesome experience and I'm excited!!

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."