Berlin Bound

Orientation today made everything real about Carter going to Germany in August. We arrived on Campus very early in the morning so she could check-in. Right away she met a darling girl from LA, Isabelle who was also in her program. Russ and I were thrilled that she had a cool mother, Lisa. So together the five of us went over for breakfast and got acquainted.  
Our name tags had black colored ribbons with the word Germany stamped out in gold on them. We searched for more German cohorts. There were an abundance of Greece and England students. Slowly we began to gather other Berlin bound kids. Ten of the sixty heading to Berlin were there today.
Much to Carter’s dismay I went out of my way to find all the parents and talk with them. It was a really nice group of interesting people. You have to be a certain breed who send your kids abroad first semester freshman year. As the kids went off for their own orientation together us parents went to our own room to learn all the specifics about the Berlin experience. I gathered all the names, Phone numbers and emails of the group that was there, being the self appointed connector of the parents. We had two families where English was definitely optional for the parents, but the kids were full blown American.

It was comforting to get to know who our kids were going to spend four months, living, cooking, studying and traveling with. I am more excited about the program than ever. The parents day ended and Russ and I went to catch an Uber on the corner of campus. As we waited a huge group of kids came up and waited for the light turn green. Only after a minute of two did I notice Carter was in the crowd. We gave her a hug and said our goodbyes. Russ was not going to see her for the next four weeks. I on the other hand get to pick her up tomorrow and take her to the airport. I can’t wait to get the low down.