It is less than a week before I head to Freiburg and Brussels to teach a sociology class to our students in the International Traveling Classroom Program. This program brings a group of 25-35 students, mostly from UWRF, to different European cities during the spring semester, where they study in each location and then find their own way to our next destination. This year's group started in London, then has moved through Berlin and Verona. I meet up with them on Monday the 4th in Freiburg to start my class. We are spending 8 days in Germany and then move up to Brussels for an additional 10 days. After my class is done in Brussels they will move on to Paris and Lyon. I, on the other hand, will return to Wisconsin and pick up with my other three classes.
In all truth, I won't be packing until the night before the flight. I have a good sense of what I will be bringing and am planning to use no more than a medium-sized duffel and my computer backpack. Once I figure out what I have it down to, I'll let you know. I have never been good at packing long in advance and I figure if I forgot it, I can do without it or find it while I am over there.
Just so you know: This is a second effort to blog through class-travel. The first one made it about 2 weeks before I just didn't keep up with it. If that is the standard, it means there can be updates through at least the time I reach Brussels. Even better, if I can beat that standard, I'll consider it a success.
