Two days and counting.

[gelbes_gilatier]

Until I'll touch down in San Francisco, I mean (and a week until I'm going to meet mackenziesmomma \o/). I'll set off first to Heathrow and then on to SFO on Monday morning and touch down on late Monday afternoon at SFO. I don't want to think about the jetlag yet but it'll be total fun, just like it was last time (2009, Seattle and Vancouver)... oh, okay, the

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[rareb]

I can confirm that Charles de Gaulle is the worst airport in the Western World (as far as I know), and I'm still convinced that it was them who had lost my backpack.

Also, you can be lucky that you already have a biometrical passport and can go to the U.S. without visa. I don't (okay, I chose not to get one, because I think it's scary to know that my most personal details might be stored in one central database somewhere in Berne). Which means that if I wanted to fly to the U.S., I would need to apply for a visa, which loses you at least half a day at the embassy for total pointless forms, interviews and stuff. (A friend of mine told me his story. It was quite scary.)

Btw. it's only the U.S., I've recently applied for Visa for such countries as China or Russia and I was actually surprised how swift and easy it all went. (Well, visa extension in Russia was a different story, but that was just a question of deadlines and it worked out in the end.)

Oh - but we shouldn't complain too much. I know Russians and other non-westerners who have tried to apply for Schengen-Visa and THAT's when it gets really hard.

Anyway - have a save trip, enjoy it, I'm jealous! (Send me a postcard, please? :) )