For those needy individuals that have been weary for news, constantly hoping for an update of some kind, then your prayers have been answered. (Quite frankly, I have been hoping for a good Bears quarterback, but hey, to each his own.) Since there has been some information misconstrued by certain readers, allow me to take the time to clarify some key points.
1. I am not in Germany yet.
2. If you have a questions about my program, and HAVE NOT read the website that I provided, then may I suggest doing that.
3. Who said I was gonna write a book? I can barely keep this thing afloat.
Anyway, what news to report? In the time I have been back, I have been quite busy with a variety of tasks, and really don't feel like I have had that much free time. I am starting to get nervous though, and all the things I should have done are starting to become things I have to do now. I am in kind of a rush at the moment, but I am coping as best as I can.

I will be leaving Sunday morning, really early, and taking the plane to Philadelphia. I will be there for several hours before boarding another plane to Frankfurt. Usually when I have gone to Europe, I take a direct flight from Chicago, but it was significantly cheaper to connect for this flight, so I opted for it instead.

In visa news, can you believe that the French are more efficient in handing out the bastards than the Germans are? So much for stereotypes.....
The two times I got a French visa, I just went to the consulate in Chicago, gave them the forms, and 10 minutes later, I had a visa in hand. While the German consulate requires that I go down there, give them my crap, then THEY mail it to German, and send it back after processing...a process that takes 2-4 weeks. However, I can get it in Germany, in fact, I can even get it in Cottbus, and it should take a lot less time since they don't have to mail it anywhere. So in this one, for all you scoring at home, Justin 1 - German Gov't 0

Go team Justin!