Background: I, Bonnie Thornton, will be spending one school year in the Catalan region of Spain. The exact  name of the first town I will be living in is Vic (located in the Barcelona province). I will be staying with three different families, all of whom seem very nice from the contact I have had with them so far. I have taken four years of high school Spanish and zero years of Catalan.

Upcoming Departure:
In twelve days I will be boarding a flight on American Airlines with one fifty pound suitcase, an extremely full duffelbag, my purse, and a cello. I am most concerned about the traveling safety of the cello, but with a bit of careful packing I'm sure it will arrive in one (undamaged) piece. A bit of anxiety is starting to creep in; hopefully David Bowie's "Space Oddity" is not the theme song that will be looping through my mind during the flight.

What I'm Looking Forward To:
Learning and experiencing everything I can!