My Nine Count

First: it would have been a ten count, if I postet this a couple of minutes earlier. However, since my last entry a couple of things became clear. The last (important) exam is behind me, I got my flights and it turned out that I will really be sitting next to bjou on my way to NY. How cool is that?

Last Wednesday I visited the US Consulate in Frankfurt. Wasn't too easy to get all the documents needed for my interview beforehands and it didn't feel easy on site either. Luckily I met some other students in the queue ("Termine spielen keine Rolle, bitte stellen Sie sich an") in front of the heavily armored door to the consulate and so it was quite funny listening to their problems which sounded just like mine. One of them will be studying at UCLA and we're already discussing where to meet up for beer. The interview went really smooth and I was told that my visa was granted right away. Yeeha! Still, I wasn't really relived until I found it in the mailbox two days later. Isn't it strange they send all these important documents by plain mail? No signatures needed? My visa being in front of the house for hours? Reachable for every 4-year-old?

A few minutes ago I booked my flight vom JFK to LAX. It is so cheap to travel within the US. The distance is about 2700 miles and still the flight was not even $170. What else might be in range then? How far away is Hawaii from Los Angeles?

Well, until then there are a lot of things to come. For now, I start counting. Nine, ...