Austria: Pre-Departure: “Leaving for Vienna” by Katherine Holdcroft

 

Take the Phone Off the Hook and Disappear for Awhile: Leaving for Vienna

Before departing on my year long stay in Vienna, I have millions of thoughts flitting in and out of the subconscious of my everyday. The troubling thing however, is that until quite recently none of these thoughts had any real connection to going abroad. It wasn’t until about a week ago, that the wet blanket of realization wrapped itself around my sunburnt shoulders, and two words rang loudly in space between my ears, shaking me to my core, “I’m leaving”.

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