Packing & Preparations

Preparations and expectations inner journey

I travel somewhat frequently so I am used to packing for long trips, so for this trip I had a good idea on what I would need to bring and how to pack everything. I am used to flying so it was nice to not have to worry about liquids and how much I am bringing. When packing for this trip I made sure to bring clothes that are suitable for all types of weather just to be prepared, I packed comfortable shoes to walk in because we will be walking a lot, phone and computer chargers because I will be using both frequently while on this trip. I made sure to pack my computer because it is a vital part of this course, I will need it to post my blogs. To prepare for this trip I packed some food and snacks for the train ride up there as well as to snack on throughout the trip. I didn’t purchase much for this trip, I did buy a rain jacket in case it did rain while we were there but other than that I already had everything I needed. Some research that I did for this trip was look at the weather ahead of time, I wanted to know the weather that way I could determine what clothes I needed to pack to be prepared for all conditions. An arrangement that I needed to make for when I was gone from my “normal” life was inform my job and request the days off that we would be gone that way I would not be scheduled for those days. To prepare for the train ride I made sure to look at the time we were leaving and plan my packing and when I should leave for Champaign around that time. For preparing for the class I made sure to stay up to date on D2L with all the announcements and thoroughly check my email.

Preparations and expectations outer journey

Our trip is three days away and I think I am finally all packed, I am an over-packer so I have way more stuff than I probably need but at least I’ll be prepared! I think that this course will be very interesting because we get to be in a different environment and experience a different culture sort of speak. In my opinion the course will be a little challenging because we have to put how we feel and what we think into words which is not my strongest skill however, I think it will be a great learning experience. From this travel course I hope to learn how to adapt to new surroundings and new environments, I think this is an important skill because in life you’re going to be placed in different situations and will need to know how to adapt and be successful. I took this course because it was something different, something I have never done before, and I thought it would be a great learning experience. Throughout this course I would like to experience the different cultures and see the different sites that make up New Orleans I’d like to become more rounded in the different cultures. I also am hoping to work on my blogging skills throughout this course because right now I have little to no experience when it comes to blogging and how to use the blogging site, I think this specific skill is a good one to have and could become very useful to me. On this trip I am most looking forward to seeing the city itself and all the different historical places and the art, I feel like New Orleans is a very unique and historical place, so I’m very interested to see and witness everything that goes on there first hand.