tomorrowww tomorrowww
only one night left in Canada and still so much to pack!

BIER BARON

I've been searching around on google today for different restaurants and shops around my residence in Graz, and the pub just down the street is called the BIERBARON!

http://www.bierbaron-graz.at/

on tap: Gosser, HEINEKEN obv, Kilkenny,  and a bunch of other kinds i cannot pronounce

Just some local hotties ;)

VISA

My Visa came in the mail today!!!

I've never gone through a harder application process in my life - they definitely don't make it easy to move to another country - but no pain no gain right ?

check it out ... 

Ps. all of the important information has purposely been blurred - sorry identity thieves 

Essentials

Just once you think you've got it all, you remember that it's probably a good idea to pick up "THE TRANSFORMER" model of an outlet converter - to prevent the melting of all of my electronics aka only means of communication! 

I also bought a couple of locks, including a laptop lock that I feel was my smartest purchase in a long time :) 

news

o man

Austria was recently hit with soo much snow

this is a roadway in Tyrol (province in austria bordering Italy/Switzerland) 

flight!

ITS OFFICIAL

Flight is booked!

January 31st - Toronto to Frankfurt then directly into Graz, Austria

video

Here is a very educational (& old school) video of the University of Graz and the surrounding city:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8LkO1mp4NE

So aside from exploring a new continent, I'm going to need to spend some time in school.

In Austria I have decided to attend "Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz" (University of Graz) [http://www.uni-graz.at/E/] so today I tackle a new school system and try to select courses for next year. Since I'm in communication studies at York, ideally i was looking for some media related courses but my options are few. These are the courses I'm considering:

- Canadian Cultures 

- Linguistics Seminar (Youth Media Culture)

- Sustainable tourism

- Linguistics Seminar (Language and the Body)

- Propaganda & media in the first world war

- Mass Media: Analysis and Production

- forms of english past and present

So now I need to figure out which ones I'm even able to take and narrow it down to two or three :)

By the way, this is the school I'll be attending .. 

Intro

Hey guys!

Welcome to my travel blog jajaasutria.com (“yes yes austria!”)

My name is Leesa and I major in Communication Studies at York University in Toronto. I'll be going on exchange to beautiful Austria in a couple of weeks and this blog will be my space to share with everyone back home what I’ve been doing and also a personal reflection on this journey that I’m about to take on :). 

So stay posted - this blog will only get better with time :)