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tenlittlebullets) wrote2007-06-30 05:04 am
tenlittlebullets) wrote2007-06-30 05:04 am
One Day More
(Was going to post this earlier, but bah server downtime.)
Naming the things I have legitimate cause to freak out about makes the generalized anxiety over the trip subside.
1. I still have not succeeded in finding a 220v-110v outlet converter. They probably have them at the airport.
2. I might get detained at the immigration desk. Unlikely; I don't think I need a student visa, and even if I did, I won't be carrying anything to mark me as anything but a tourist.
3. Getting from the Bordeaux airport to my hotel might be tricky. I'm going to pore over the bus maps later tonight, and if all else fails a taxi will put me out about 20 euros.
4. The hotel doesn't appear to be very close to the school. If at all possible I'll walk the route beforehand so I know how to get from one to the other, or figure out the bus route.
5. My checked luggage could get lost. BFD, so I might end up wearing the same clothes for three days. My computer is what really matters, and I'll be backing it up before I go and keeping it in my carry-on.
The Montreuil/Paris trip is still fraught with uncertainty, but I have a month to smooth out the wrinkles there. Most of my other worries are about more abstract things like budgeting badly/running out of money, or having a bad allergic reaction, or utterly failing at all forms of spoken French. Or wasting away from malnutrition, haha.
And heeeey, if my luggage gets lost, it means I won't have to drag it halfway across the city while searching fruitlessly for my lodgings.
Oh who am I fooling, I'm nervous as hell.
At any rate, if this ends up being my last post before I leave, goodbye lovelies! I promise I'll post updates whenever I find wifi to leech from, and take plenty of pictures and such. Also, you lot can expect a friendslocked post with contact info as soon as I get a SIM card, in case you want to give me an exorbitantly expensive international call or send bomb threats to my hotel or something. (For the record, candy is much more appreciated than bomb threats.)
Also, if you're a Les Mis fan and you haven't done so yet, go join Abaissé. Because we're fun and nerdy and fangirly over there. ♥
Naming the things I have legitimate cause to freak out about makes the generalized anxiety over the trip subside.
1. I still have not succeeded in finding a 220v-110v outlet converter. They probably have them at the airport.
2. I might get detained at the immigration desk. Unlikely; I don't think I need a student visa, and even if I did, I won't be carrying anything to mark me as anything but a tourist.
3. Getting from the Bordeaux airport to my hotel might be tricky. I'm going to pore over the bus maps later tonight, and if all else fails a taxi will put me out about 20 euros.
4. The hotel doesn't appear to be very close to the school. If at all possible I'll walk the route beforehand so I know how to get from one to the other, or figure out the bus route.
5. My checked luggage could get lost. BFD, so I might end up wearing the same clothes for three days. My computer is what really matters, and I'll be backing it up before I go and keeping it in my carry-on.
The Montreuil/Paris trip is still fraught with uncertainty, but I have a month to smooth out the wrinkles there. Most of my other worries are about more abstract things like budgeting badly/running out of money, or having a bad allergic reaction, or utterly failing at all forms of spoken French. Or wasting away from malnutrition, haha.
And heeeey, if my luggage gets lost, it means I won't have to drag it halfway across the city while searching fruitlessly for my lodgings.
Oh who am I fooling, I'm nervous as hell.
At any rate, if this ends up being my last post before I leave, goodbye lovelies! I promise I'll post updates whenever I find wifi to leech from, and take plenty of pictures and such. Also, you lot can expect a friendslocked post with contact info as soon as I get a SIM card, in case you want to give me an exorbitantly expensive international call or send bomb threats to my hotel or something. (For the record, candy is much more appreciated than bomb threats.)
Also, if you're a Les Mis fan and you haven't done so yet, go join Abaissé. Because we're fun and nerdy and fangirly over there. ♥