Hello one and all!

Soon I will be traipsing about India, ingesting sights and smells I cannot even begin to imagine, digesting food that my stomach will not be able to handle, and feeling more or less like a toddler in my ability to communicate my needs to those around me. It's going to be great fun as I think about it now and as I look back on it from the future, but I'm sure many moments in between will be full of what-was-I-thinkings and how-did-think-this-would-be-funs. Therefore, I will attempt with as much effort as internet access will allow me to post my thoughts, emotions, and sensory overload confusions in the hopes that sharing my experiences with you, wonderful friends and family, will make missing home more bearable and the craziness of adventuring more meaningful.

Over the summer I will be staying with a host family, and hopefully, also living with Michaela, another Austinite traveling to Kerala to study Malayalam. I will also get to meet up with my fellow scarf brigading brigadiers Emily and Corinne who are each going on her own journey through India. What a wonderful way to begin a year abroad! I would love to see more of you in India if you can find a way to make the journey, but for those who can't, travel with me in spirit by reading and commenting on my blog. I'll try to check my facebook also, but the best way to keep in touch will be through email. Send me a message now and then to let me know how you're doing and what you're up to. I'll let you know when the blogs updated.

Until then, wrap yourself in a scarf, or if it's too hot for a scarf, a sari, and frolic through life with the merriment of a scarf brigader!