An adventure is about to begin...

Hello everyone!

A very warm welcome to this brand new blog, Journal of Deutschland, and to my very first post here.

My name is Louise and I am an 18-year old student from Sweden who lives in Stockholm and studies the Natural Science programme in school. I have a great passion for photography and music, as well as the equestrian sport, which has been a big part of my life for almost as long as I can remember.

But enough said about me for now. I can't reveal all the details here if the "about" section is to be of any interest to read. Let us instead focus on untangling the mysterious title of this post and get to the real reason behind its mere existence... I am going on an exchange year!! Can you believe it? I certainly can not, at least not without difficulties!

I hardly know where to start as I am so thrilled and excited, but I suppose that the least I can do is tell you all where I will be going. In the middle of August, so only in about two months from now, I will be leaving Sweden to spend a year abroad in Germany. There, I will be living with a German host family, attend a German High School and just experience what a German lifestyle has to offer. I am so much looking forward to all the friends and memories that I will make, and I really hope that you would like to join me on my journey with the help of this blog and the posts that I will share here with you. I also have an instagram account, @journalofdeutschland, where I, just as with this website, intend to post regular updates of what I am up to during the year, to give you all a taste of what a German every-day life could look like.

This amazing experience will without doubt be a year like no other. To be a part of it and to see Germany and the life as an exchange student through my eyes, sign up to my mailing list below or follow me on instagram. That way you will never miss when an update from the continent is posted.

Now it is only weeks left until I step on the plane, heading towards Germany, but trust me, I won't have to wait for that time to strike in order to post something relevant here... Oh no, for instance, just you wait until you see me pack... That's something that will need a post of its own ;)

But for now, take care, and I will soon be back here again to give you an insight in my preparation for this great year that lies ahead...

See you then,

Louise

This is me, (hello all), and as you can see, the organisation that I will be doing this exchange with is YFU, Youth for Understanding