Hey beautiful friends & enemies~

So here I am, sitting in Helsinki Airport (yep, wearing a dragon costume, don’t ask 😅), waiting for my connecting flight to Seoul. I moved out of my apartment yesterday, after two years of living there, and spent my last night crashing at a friend’s place. HUGE thank you to Dieu for the hospitality! ❤

As expected, nothing in my life ever goes 100% smoothly. Last year I forgot my passport, and this year, I almost missed my flight because my ticket was all kinds of wrong. Apparently, the agency I booked through mixed up my first and last name, so when I checked in, I wasn’t in the system. They told me at first that I couldn’t board and needed to call Finnair’s administration. Cue panic mode Oh, and of course, my luggage was massively overweight by more than 10kg. Classic, right? I honestly thought I was going to be stranded in Helsinki for a while, but luckily, I met this super nice person who worked for Finnair who seemed to be quite interested in me (lol.. I had to give him my number), and after a few minutes of magic, everything was sorted. Lucky! After a 5 hour delay of the connecting flights now finally, in less than an hour, I’ll be on my way to Seoul! 🛫

I feel super excited, like REALLY excited. But honestly, I don’t think it’s fully hit me yet that I’m actually moving to another country. Maybe it just hasn’t sunk in yet, who knows? It’s like one of those moments you can’t quite wrap your head around. But I guess I’ll figure that out when I’m walking the streets of Seoul for the first time.

I’ve finally packed up all my stuff (for the most part), and I think I’m pretty much done with all the major preparations for my exchange year. I’ll be taking the international business in English course, and of course, the Korean language course. I’ll have Korean classes every day except weekends, four hours a day! I’m excited to start the semester, but let’s be real, I wouldn’t mind a few more lazy days (because who doesn’t love vacation vibes, right?). But, there’s also the small issue of finishing up an essay for a course I took this year at my home university in Berlin. So, I’ll be spending plenty of time chilling in cafés, typing away.

I do owe you all a post about the BA+ program, don’t I? 😬 Sorry for the delay, I promise it’s coming soon!

P.S. Update: I failed my Japanese literature test… AGAIN. For the third time. Sigh Guess I’ll be retaking that course… For the THIRD time. I feel so smart, lol. But whatever, I’m just gonna leave that problem for later, haha. Wink 😅

Until next time, sending love from Helsinki (aka my layover). ✌️

 

And for now..

..think to double check everything

..au revoir

-M