Our destination will be Barcelona! The other schools applied (and accepted- ahem!) were located in Madrid, Grenoble and Malmo. Even though the schools all had interesting programs - they just didn't sound as enjoyable and diverse as Barcelona.
Since so much time has passed I went back to my original checklist to see how I'm doing.
1. Packing up and minimizing all the crap you accumulate over the years is actually quite difficult. Although I did get a fair amount of things tossed away, donated and and/or sold there's still much to do. My main problem is paper! There's a lot of sorting, shredding and filing in my future.
2. Visa's - Holy crap! I had no idea how tedious each step can be. Our appointment at the embassy is early June however there are a couple more things we are waiting on. Emma's passport is now officially 3 weeks late and the agency hustled me for an additional expedite fee, which doesn't actually guarantee it will be expedited. For whatever reason, when ever I call for an update they keep asking if we are going to China!?
Another item is the FBI clearance letter with apostille. Of course the letter and the apostille can't be done at the same time or place. The clearance letter is returned to you by mail and then you mail off the apostille request to another agency. The whole time you are waiting and everyone is taking much longer then they said they would. I'm just hoping we get these items back before our appointment.
3. Learning Spanish --it's going well. I have another class today!
