Yesterday I got an e-mail from the program coordinator giving dates of the two program meetings this quarter (April 6th and May 16th) and giving me a giant heap of paperwork to complete in the next week. These papers include a travel waiver (which begins, hilariously, with "I recognize and acknowledge that there are certain risks of physical injury (including death) which may arise from travel, study and work abroad"), a health questionnaire, and a health insurance form. We also need three photocopies of our passports and at least 5 passport-sized photos, all by next Wednesday. (I assume they use the photos and passport info to begin settling visas.)
By the May meeting we also have to fill out a form detailing our travel plans with specific flight details and whatnot there and back from Europe. This means that I can officially start booking flights, since they also gave us the start and end dates for the program. I have to be there by Thursday, September 22nd, and the program officially ends on Sunday, December 4th. I'd love to fly direct from Boston Logan to Rome Fiumicino, which happens about once daily on Alitalia, but it's somewhat pricey. If you fly British Airways you'll be going through London Heathrow, if you fly United or Delta you often end up going through Frankfurt or something, etc. I guess we'll see what happens. I'll probably start seriously looking at booking flights after the April 6th meeting, once I see who else is in my program, if I know any of them, if any of them are also from New England, etc.
But now I officially have some things to do, namely getting passport photos from the card office here on campus and finishing filling out these forms by next week!
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