Flights!

The terror is subsiding and reality is setting in. I'm still a bit on edge and although I'm dreading saying goodbye to my parents, I'd really like the traveling to be underway so that I can stop worrying about whether it'll go smoothly.

My first flight is leaving tomorrow afternoon, and it's a United Airlines flight. My second and third flights are through Lufthansa. Lufthansa, of course, will not allow me to print my boarding passes because the first flight isn't a Lufthansa flight, and United won't let it. United, of course, will not allow me to print my boarding passes online because it's decided my name (Ms. Eleanor L. P____) is actually Eleanorlms P____. Hopefully it will cease to be a problem when I go to the airport tomorrow and scan my passport into the kiosk, as their website says I must do, but all in all it's nerve-wracking.

I'm not quite entirely packed, but I'm close, and I do have a couple of items my parents will be shipping me (such as my boots and coat for winter). As it stands, my suitcase is definitely overweight, so I'm going to try to move heavy non-liquids to my carry-on and personal item.

And for the twentieth time, no, I do not need my visa in order to enter the country.

EDIT: I got my boarding passes fine. The airport has wifi but I'm about to sign off-- boarding is soon. They scanned my hands for explosive ions! It was cool! I love science.

Getting ready to go!

Today is Sunday and I'm leaving on Monday! That's tomorrow! The excitement has given way to terror. I know I'll be fine, but that's not helping right now. I wish I had more time to be at home because I'm not fed up with it yet. I think it'd be easier to leave if I were well and truly sick of being home first! I've only had two weeks here and I've been careful to go through my bucket list of places to go to and friends to visit with.

I'm mostly packed, but I still need to figure out last-minute things like where I left my shampoo, which nail polish to bring, and whether I have enough room to pack all the shoes I want to bring. You know, the important things. I spent the last hour or two putting together a bunch of pictures to get printed so I can put them up in my room in Berlin. I'm excited about that especially because I can't take posters with me.