#JUtoCOGC

Since last winter, I have been making plans to travel to Glasgow (GLAZ-go), Scotland from my home city of Jacksonville. It all started when I picked up a brochure at college. It read, "Experience International Business Without Language Barriers”. Study at a large college in Scotland. Sure, I was interested, but I'm just an average guy.

Now, I'm set up to be the first exchange student from Jacksonville University to travel to the City of Glasgow College in Scotland. It's been a crazy ride. I've worked with professors and deans, and gotten like a hundred signatures. I've gotten to hear British, Irish and Scottish accents (Scottish is definitely the hardest to understand for me, go figure), and met just about everyone in Financial Aid. I've even got to meet three people from the college, including the president of COGC, Paul Little.

I still have a lot of odds and ends to sort through (you can't imagine how much paperwork it takes to get a student visa). Yet, somehow, everything is coming together. In less than a month, Lord willing, I'll be stepping into foreign country for the first time in my life. That's still crazy to think about.

So join me on my adventure! Watch for the hashtag #JUtoCOGC and come back and enjoy my blog whenever you want!

Zacchari
#JUtoCOGC