30 juli 08

third unfinished article for the newspaper.

Soo...the day for receiving flight plans are here. For some it is going to be a looong day swapping planes, going through security over and over again, wasting time in different airports. For others the last journey is only going to take about six hours from A to B. Because this is the last journey. When we arrive at our final destination, wherever that may be, we are in our new home state. This is where we are going to be for the next ten months, twelve months for some. I do not know if all of my expectations are going to be fulfilled, but I hope so and I am going to do my best to make them come true, as I hope all of you will.

On the other hand, leaving camp is not only a beginning, it is also an end. Ending relationships you might have gained during these two weeks, hugging your best friends goodbye, maybe for the last time in along time, and getting the last signatures at your EF t-skirt. In moments like this you have to love Internet, the world wide web. E-mails, MSN, Skype and facebook are all great ways to keep in touch, some might also send letters in the old fashioned way. Germany and Norway is not that far away from each other, are they?:S A visit is not that unthinkable..;)


Before we start thinking about leaving, let us first discuss where all of our new clothes should go? Because I do not expect that you actually have room for more clothes and stuff in you luggage? Personally I had to sit on mine while my mom closed and tied a belt around it in Norway.. Okay, fine. I do not have a belt around mine, but I have seen many who have. If the belt is there to recognize the suitcase or to hold it together I do not know, and whatever your excuse is it doesn't matter. One of my teacher told us about a great thing to do if the suitcase should suddenly shrink: you just go to the post office with the rest of the clothes and mail them to your host parents! There is a limit though, please do not send like three huge packages to your family. I do not think it helps the first impression..

With this short article, I hope you all have a great last couple of days at camp among friends and familiar faces. Maybe we will see each other again as returnees. Hopefully your last travel will go just as planned. Have a great year!