last 41 hours in virginia

Come Wednesday at 6:09 PM, I will be taking off for my 133 day excursion to Europe. It will begin with 3.5 months completing my minor in Spanish at the University of Salamanca, in Spain. Then come May 1st, I will be backpacking throughout Europe, with a big focus on Italy. And the plan is to return to the States on May 28th. 

These first two weeks of January have been a whirlwind of travel and roadtrips, so the fact that I'll be living in Europe hasn't really been on the forefront of my mind. It will inevitably sink in soon enough. In the meantime, I will continue to ignore this terribly rude fact.

Emailing and this blog are your best bets for keeping in touch with me, although I will also be reachable through skype (name: hannahalove), google voice/video chat, facebook, my spanish cell phone number (tba), carrier pigeons,  and singing telegrams.  And please do keep in touch. As much as I look forward to sharing my stories, I equally look forward to hearing back from you about how much season 8 of American Idol sucks, how I missed the presidential inauguration, who wins superbowl XLIII, and what the flavor of the week is at Klines. Really unfortunate things I'm skipping out on in order to, you know, "gain worldly perspective".

Additionally, my mailing address is: 

Calle de Alarcón 2, 2° C 

37007, Salamanca, Spain

I am all about sending mail through the postal service, so if the idea of receiving a one of a kind, classy, european postcard piques your interest at all, let me know your address, and I can guarantee a little somthin' somthin' in your mailbox from yours truly. 

Until Spain, much love.