5 days till departure!

For the past 3 years it´s been my dream and goal to live in Australia and now it´s finally about to come true! I´ll be studying at the University of Technology Sydney this upcoming year 2007. I´m looking forward to learning the Australian lifestyle and culture, traveling around, meeting new people and just experiencing everything that comes to my way during that year. I can´t wait to start my adventure!

Right now I´m still in Lappeenranta; recovering from the farewell party I had last night, packing up my stuff and filling out scholarship applications. I´ve been counting days till my departure for a few months already and now it´s getting really close! Since my biggest concern at the moment is deciding what clothes to take with me I guess I´m doing pretty well with all my preparations.

Girls picture at my farewell party

On Monday my father and sister will drive here to pick up my furniture and other stuff to take to Kajaani to be stored during my exchange. I´ll go with them and from Kajaani I´ll take a train to Helsinki from where my flight departs on Thursday at 17:10. I´ll fly to Singapore, with a stop over in London Heathrow, where I´ll spend a couple of days visiting my friend Silja, who´s doing an exchange there. Then I´ll head for Australia, first to Perth and then finally to Sydney!