It's official: Spain, here I come.

or; visa application process, you suck.

Published on January 30, 2008 By SanChonino In Travel

After a lot of rigmarole and some superior hoop-jumping, everything is finally in place for my studies in Spain - more or less.

I had to move my flight - I was supposed to leave yesterday, but the visa would not have arrived in time.

I had to bug the visa department of the Spanish Consulate incessantly.

I'm going to miss the first week of school, so I'll be a bit behind when I get there.

But all this is okay. All these are hurdles that I'm willing to jump to study in Spain.

And the hurdle-jumping is (mostly) through. Okay, so I may not have a place to stay yet, but me and my professor's son are probably going to get a place together, to save on rent.

But that's small potatoes compared to the not having the visa - which just showed up on my front steps, dropped off by my mail lady.

Yay. It might seem like I'm not too excited about it, but if you could see the smile on my face.

Comments (Page 1)

Zoologist03

on Jan 30, 2008

Bueno!

I would respond completely in Spanish, but I'm tired and getting kind of rusty.

Don't forget to say "Hola" to those hot Spanish chicas.

~Zoo

SanChonino

on Jan 30, 2008

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SanChonino

on Jan 30, 2008

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SanChonino

on Jan 30, 2008

And here's how I intend to arrive back home . . .

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Locamama

on Jan 30, 2008

yay! have fun

Zoologist03

on Jan 30, 2008

(Citizen)SanChonino Reply #2

Let's see...I think I can translate this.

I am the president of the future!
The little bean is the vice president!
We love to swim and dance.
I don't like irregular verbs.
You don't like irregular verbs.
The bathroom is here.

Yeah, I still got some of it.

~Zoo

foreverserenity

on Jan 30, 2008

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.....so happy for you! See, you did it!

BlueDev

on Jan 30, 2008

Congrats bro. Great news.

SanChonino

on Jan 30, 2008

I'm-a drop a train on 'em!

Cedarbird

on Jan 30, 2008

I TOLD you it would happen!! If only you would have listened to me...Yay!!!!

RoyLevosh

on Jan 30, 2008

Congrats! Sounds like a dream come true for you. Have fun, learn something, and good luck!

momijiki

on Jan 31, 2008

maybe if you could post some video of you jumping up and down I might have an easier time believing it! He he.

ParaTed2k

on Jan 31, 2008

Go to Spain by bus because (as you probably already know), The rain in Spain stays mainly on the Plane! :~D

Glad to hear you get this opportunity!

SanChonino

on Jan 31, 2008

What about the girl?

Honestly?

What about the girl?

I don't know. I still really like her, and she really seems to like me, but what kind of schmuck would I be if I asked her to "wait for me"?

If she's here when I come home, great. If not, there's plenty more opportunities out there.

Thanks, everyone! Wait until I start posting pictures!

dynamaso

on Feb 03, 2008

Great news, mate. Now comes the hard part: packing! Good luck with it all.

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