Intro!!!

hookay, so...
i'm going to europe, and my fam and friends want me to keep them updated and this is the easiest way to do that. so this will be my link to them and if anyone else stumbles upon it, yay for you!
first of all, what am i going to be doing across the pond? well, for three weeks, i will be with 22 other people, mostly college students, doing a study abroad in london. we have a 3 day home stay in Gloucester (sp?) and then the rest of the time we will be in london. (w00t) we will be "studying british culture through theatre and art" which basically means we get to go to theatre productions and art galleries all the time and talk about them and write about them and so on. good times.
but after that three weeks, a friend (Tucker) and i will be backpacking more of europe for a month! oh, and so will edgar allan poe, in action figure form. we will hit as many countries as we can in that time before coming back for fall semester (chicago for me!). we have no set itinerary yet, so each blog will be a surprise as to where we are. (*Where in the world is...shelbi and tucker*) plus, i don't know how often internet access will come up, but hopefully we can get internet cafes periodically, and maybe at hostels and such. so yeah.
i will try and get pics up as well, when i can. hopefully this blog becomes helpful, at least in alleviating the worries of my over-anxious family members. i'm not very good at blogging, though, not very consistant, so it might not happen very often. just a heads up.
thanks for listening, tune in next time for more EU Adventures news
(btw, i'm leaving tomorrow!)