My very first blog post! WHOAAAA

Hello world!!

... Yeah, that's all I got right now (it's pretty late...)

OR IS IT?!

Anyway, thanks for stopping by. My name is Sara Maurer, and this is my study abroad/travel blog!!

A couple FAQs (or what I imagine would be FAQs if this blog was around long enough for any questions at all):

"What the heck is that blog name?!" - I went through a lot of possibilities for a name. At first I was going to go with "Bangers and Mash," but I thought that was a little weird, and honestly was just a bad fit, since I don't like potatoes. Long story short, a "knickerbocker glory" is an ice cream sundae (YUM) that is normally served in the UK. However, the word "knickerbocker" is rumored to have NYC roots. So how appropriate for an American girl going over into the wonderful UK!

"Wait, so... what is this blog even about...?" - This blog is about me, a girl from western Pennsylvania, going across the Atlantic to have crazy awesome adventures in the outskirts of London. I probably will venture into London relatively often, but otherwise, I'm eager to have a typical UK "uni" experience (aka: I DON'T want to be touristy!).

"... But you're still in western Pennsylvania. Why did you start now?" - Because a lot of planning goes into a semester abroad! As the 1-month countdown leers near, I have a lot of things to figure out and to chronicle (the two main things right now: on which continent should I get a cell phone and PACKING! I'm structuring all of my Bath and Body Works purchases around the 3 oz airplane limit...)

Okay, I think this is already tl;dr...

I hope to leave personal things out, but honestly, I know that's bound to fail.

So thanks for reading anyway!!

1 Thing I Learned Today: That Surrey (where the great HP would have grown up if he were real) is just a half-hour drive from where I'll be in a few months. Harry Potter field trip = very very necessary!