The deadly first post

My only previous venture into 'blog territory was the dreary mawkish effusions of a mid-teenager on livejournal. This 'blog is intended to be a little more functional; it is meant to be a way for anyone interested to keep up with my goings on during my lengthy sojourn in Germany.

I plan to chronicle with reasonable frequency what happens during my year abroad so that it might be of some faint interest. I hope also that the 'blog might be useful in some ways to anyone going on a year abroad in the future.