Finalizing Plans

So the flights are booked! My dad was awesome enough to allow me to use his frequent flier miles to take this trip. I'm leaving January 21, STL to Dallas, Dallas to London, London to Copenhagen...31 hours later I'm there! I'll be meeting Katherine in Copenhagen, then to Aarhus a few days later. Visa application gets sent in this week, and I have two orientations to go to: Health and Safety and Pre-Departure. Hopefully the latter will let me know what I need to bring as far as apartment stuff. I really hope I don't need to bring bedding...it's so bulky. I'm going to try and be a minimalist while packing, but knowing me...and the fact that it's a five-month trip, I'll probably fail on a large scale. Oh well. (If you've got tips for packing for long trips, PLEASE leave them in the comment section.)

For Christmas I'm asking for a flip video camera, so I can add some video to my blog. I'd love to share as much of the experience as possible, and hopefully I can add at least a few "home video" style posts. So watch out for that. I'm also tweeting about my preparations, so you can follow the hashtag #Denmark2010 for other updates. (I'm a huge nerd.)

On a completely unrelated note: How 'bout them Tigers? Sorry KU, better luck never.