D-4 : excitment is increasing

Now I am technically at 4 days from my departure because its past midnight. 

Details such as "where is the information center located ?" "Where should I get my keys ? " are occupying my mind constantly. So I'm both excited and nervous.

As days in France are reducing, the situation becomes more and more real. Google Map is very useful to picture my future environment. Here are some bits of it. 

Rodin College House is located on Locust Walk. I will be living there in an appartment with Inna, Diya and Alexa, three American girls. I haven't met them yet but I'm looking forward to meet them because they seem to be very nice persons. 

Rodin College House, one of the three high rise buildings at Penn

A view of Locust Walk 

D - 11 before departure and it it hard to realize that a very different life is about to begin so soon. The last details are being coordinated while some time is left to read this guide of Philadelphia, a thoughtful birthday gift I received from friends.

Reasons why I am getting started with this blog

This blog might catch your attention if you wish to follow me in my exciting adventures accross the Atlantic Ocean, in land of the Yankees.

The state of Pennsylvania was founded in 1681, but it had been colonised long before by the Dutch and the English. Maybe this land is condemned to being invaded because once again, it is about to experience a new kind of inhabitant : frogs. And I'm about to be one of these lucky frogs, as in two weeks I'm leaving the country of cheese and wine (which I actually rarely consume myself) to study during the following academic year U Penn, in Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love.

Now, don't get me wrong, I don't really believe my presence is going to have the same impact as William Penn's few centuries ago. To be quite honest, I am even aware that life in Pennsylvania might have much more substantial effects on me than the other way around.

Anyway, the story begins here.