Saturday, 23 July 2016

The Itinerary

In this blog post I'm going to give you all the necessary information to stalk me. Not because I am a bonefied crazy person crying for attention, or because I missed the class about internet safety. I'm sharing these details with you, my readers, to give you a better idea of how and when I'm travelling to the USA !

On 7th August a plane will take off from Auckland for Los Angeles with me, hopefully inside in.  I will stay in LA for a few nights in a hostel at Venice Beach, my first time staying and travelling alone.  My heart kind of leaps in my chest at the thought of it - I'm terrified ! So many things could go wrong. I might not meet anyone in the hostel.  I might not talk to anyone for three days ( and if you know me you'll know this would be a problem).  Okay, breathe Caitriona - hopefully everything will be okay.  

After three days in LA I'm travelling to State College - the town surrounding Penn State campus smack bang in the middle of Pennsylvania.  The town that will be my home for the next ten months. I've included a map to give you a better idea of how this town basically in the middle of absolute no where.


There are no cities remotely close to State College




Luggage is obviously a huge part of going abroad, which is presenting a major challenge because I literally have no idea how I'm going to fill ten months of possessions in the Air New Zealand weight limit ...  

My luggage allowance is ..


  • 1 carry-on - 7kg
  • 1 suitcase - 23kg
  Some very difficult decisions are going to have to be made in order to fit a years worth of clothes, shoes, makeup and accessories in under thirty kilograms ! 

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