I leave for Austria in five days

As the title says, I leave for Austria in five days. It's hard to believe that it's finally happening! I'm really excited about it. I'm looking forward to going over there and seeing the Kartause for myself.

As for the Lourdes mission trip, I'm probably not going to be able to do the mission trip. There's a few reasons for this. First of all, I only got the application a few weeks ago. I wasn't able to print the application until last week because of printer problems. Plus my mother didn't like how expensive the mission trip would be...almost $600. So what I may do is just go to Lourdes on my own during 10 day. This way I can visit other places in Europe like Disneyland Paris and the Berlin Wall. 10 day isn't until early April, so I have time to figure things out. At least it won't be freezing cold by then.

I just pray that there won't be any problems with the weather or the flight over to Austria. Some of my friends are flying to Ireland before going over to Austria. As much as I would have liked to have seen Ireland, I didn't want to freeze. That's ok. I'm flying from Philly to DC to Vienna. So I'm sure there will be a lot of Franciscan students on the flight over to Austria, since it's with Student Flights. I'm just glad I'm not going alone. It should be a fun flight. I guarentee that I'm the oldest person from Franciscan going. I'm probably the oldest person at Franciscan to have ever spent a semester over in Austria.

The next time I write, I will be in Gaming.

Groß Gott!