Apartment? Check.
Plane tickets? Check.
Course number? Check.
Tetanus shot and all other medical clearances? Check.
Visa? Check. (And thanks for waving that fee, Austrian Consulate! The paperwork may have been tricky but the people and process were fabulous.)
Course syllabi... oh, yeah. Might want to get on that. Departure in 54 days.
Friday, December 7, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Visa D...
Just in case anyone was wondering, the visa process is not all that bad. Unless you want to stay for more than 90 days. Which I want to. In fact, I'm contractually obligated to stay for four months (five if you count the commitment to my own university's study abroad program).
Which means Schengen Visa D. Which means lots of paperwork. I feel a bit like a piece of livestock. I promise I don't have rabies, Austria. I also promise that I have a job and won't be falling back on your social safety net (not that I don't envy it). You won't take my word for it? No, of course you can't. I understand. I'll get the paperwork done right away.
Requiring exact change on a 129 USD fee, though? That's just mean.
Which means Schengen Visa D. Which means lots of paperwork. I feel a bit like a piece of livestock. I promise I don't have rabies, Austria. I also promise that I have a job and won't be falling back on your social safety net (not that I don't envy it). You won't take my word for it? No, of course you can't. I understand. I'll get the paperwork done right away.
Requiring exact change on a 129 USD fee, though? That's just mean.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Just sayin'
"The best coffee in Europe is Vienna coffee, compared to which all other coffee is fluid poverty." -- Mark Twain
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