Since I only have 20 days left in London I have decided to bite the bullet and get my blog up and running. Welcome! The domain name Lily Trotter was inspired by my namesake, the bird, as it is often referred to as a lily trotter because of the way it hops across lily pads. So like the gauche moorhen I am preparing to hop across the lily pad that is Europe. Excuse the weak analogy.
In 20 days time I will board a flight headed to St Petersburg and I am terrified. I will be staying with a Russian family and I am yet to know who they are or where they live. Like an evacuee, on September 1st I will be introduced to my host family and my life away from home will begin. I am sure I will have a lot to say about that new relationship as it all unfolds.
After months of attempting to settle the nerves of all of my nearest and dearest, I have barely stopped to think about it all properly but now that I have applied for my visa and begun looking for my winter clothes it has all become very, very real.
After a roller coaster summer that definitely wasn't anything like the one I had expected, I am ready for an experience altogether more hectic and I am particularly looking forward to sharing it all with you. Although I may be shitting a brick, pardon my French, I know this year is going to be one of the most important and eye-opening of my life.
