Moving abroad for a year

When I first started my degree (in fact, long before I even started University) I always knew that I would have to move abroad for a year as part of my 4 year degree. Two years of my degree have passed, and even when I was accepted to a University in Germany I still never took in what a huge deal the whole situation is. As the Summer slowly comes to an end and I realise that I'm only a month and a half away from moving day, I'm really understanding what a huge leap this is for me!

I've never lived away from home, and whilst I consider myself quite independant, easy to addapt and confident to know that I won't miss some creature comforts, I'm still nervous. I'm nervous about the first day of University, will I be the British dork who is laughed at in class for not understanding? I'm sure that won't happen at all, but it's still like being a fish out of water - and I am that fish, and my water is Great Britain!

But every time these nerves creep into my mindset, something else compltely overrides these nerves. Excitement. Why be so nervous if you know that the next year will be the best of your life? I'm hoping that any nerves, worries or just general jitters will be completely destroyed in a few weeks of being there.

I hope so anyway!