I received an e-mail from Angela Märtin, a member of staff on the American Studies
Department and the coordinator of the "Dortmund Double“ program, yesterday. Basically "Dortmund Doubles" is a program that Dortmund has for their international students that matches those who are studying abroad there with students from Dortmund who are interested in inter-cultural exchange (i.e. these student either have spent or will spend time aboard in the future). The goal of the program is to help students have a smooth transition onto the campus by showing us around, introducing you to friends, taking to you places off campus, etc. In addition, during the first few weeks (before actual classes start on October 15th) they've organized a lot of common activities for the exchange students (about 2,000 of us from what I understand) such as parties and trips.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Monday, August 20, 2007
My Passport
A few days ago mom complained that I hadn't made any updates in a while. I told her that I hadn't left yet, and therefore had nothing to write about Germany. She suggested I let you all know that I "finally" go my passport. "Finally" is in quotations because of the amount of time it took me to get it. Recently, as I'm sure most of you have heard, the US passport office has been a complete and total mess. Horror stories of people waiting months upon month for thier passports and having to cancel vacations have been in heavy circulation. In fact, it's also been said that even those who shell out the extra cash to have thier passport expedited are still waiting nearly two months. My passport, on the other hand, took six days.
Mom was really upset about this though. According to my inside source (Kori) mom was hoping that my passport wouldn't come in time and that I'd have to stay home. Then she contemplated "losing" it... then she gave it to me in hopes that I would lose it for her, and now, word in the livingroom is that she's crossing her fingers and hoping that I change my mind.
Talk to you all soon,... time left remaining until Germany: 18 days, 8 hours
Mom was really upset about this though. According to my inside source (Kori) mom was hoping that my passport wouldn't come in time and that I'd have to stay home. Then she contemplated "losing" it... then she gave it to me in hopes that I would lose it for her, and now, word in the livingroom is that she's crossing her fingers and hoping that I change my mind.
Talk to you all soon,... time left remaining until Germany: 18 days, 8 hours
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