August 2007
1 post
Itinerary
QF Flight 175 - Brisbane to Los Angeles
17th, August - 11.05am to
17th August - 7.00am
QF Flight 107 - Los Angeles to New York City
17th, August - 9.20am to
17th, August - 5.20pm
Staying at The Gershwin
17th, August to
20th, August
Greyhound Bus 2243 - New York City to Washington DC
20th, August - 2.00pm to
20th, August - 6.50pm
Staying at Brad’s
20th, August to
23rd,...
July 2007
4 posts
NYC Booked
When I first arrive in NYC I’ll be staying at the Gershwin Hotel
Time Travel
Just went to add my flight to NYC into iCal before realising that I arrive two hours before I leave. How does iCal compensate for that?
Money
I’ve received both my scholarship and money from the government. I really need to start thinking about planning now. It’s only 23 days until I leave.
June 2007
3 posts
I Went To Sydney
To get my US Visa approved. It was the most surreal experience. Three levels of security, I spoke to people through a microphone because they were on the other side of 2 inch glass, everyone was American and there’s TV shows about people “livin’ the dream”.
Sydney is brilliant, the trains are so much better than Brisbane’s and self check in when you have no baggage...
Visa Application
After two hours of painstakingly filling out my name and address I will be heading to the US Consulate at Sydney for the day on the 27th of this month.
Visas
Trying to decipher the application process and fees that need to be paid is probably the most confusing thing in the world. They should use this kind of thing on general knowledge exams as a problem solving question - “You are a student attending university in Australia, you are going on student exchange to Canada for 6 months stopping in the USA on the way there and back. How do you apply...
May 2007
2 posts
Tickets Paid For
Just paid the remaining $2200 on my QANTAS tickets to New York City.
The Consulate
Spent some time today enquiring about a Visa for the United States. I have to go to Sydney for them to make sure I’m not a terrorist. On top of that, there’s a bunch of things I have to take but I’m not allowed a bag of any sort, how annoying! I guess bags = bombs.