housing settled...

Meanwhile, I also settled the housing. I will be living just two blocks off-campus where I found a great place in a two-person flat. I am quite curious and hope to have a great time together with my roomie. I let you know about my housing as soon as I am there...

visa... I finally got it!

Last Tuesday was my appointment at the US Embassy in Berne for my J-1 visa. The procedure was not much better than 4 years ago during my first trip to the US... all the forms and to be filled and information to be provided was just a pain in the a.... waiting outside the embassy for nearly 1 hour, and waiting inside for about the same amount of time... and I also had to give my finger print and answer some short questions... but I finally got it and everything went well.
So I am pretty much ready to go, except for the housing which I am currently organizing. I found a pretty decent room close to the campus. It will probably take several days and I will also have settled my accomodation.