Visa, Flights & Housing

Today I've been to the US Consulate in Frankfurt to apply for the visa. Everything went suprisingly quick. I got there at about 8.20am and left about two hours later with my visa application granted. Now I hope that the visa will arrive here in time.
I also scheduled the flight to Atlanta today. It will depart on September 3rd from Frankfurt and goes directly non-stop to Atlanta. I will arrive there around 2pm. A few days ago I also found a nice person through craigslist, who is renting a room for this time. So after stepping out of the airport I will directly seek for a way to get to this place. I will have some time to rest until my flight on the next day (Monday) will depart to Mountain View. Unfortunately not a non-stop flight. But well, this way I will see Denver... or at least its airport.
So everything seems to be set for a stressful week. After getting back to Atlanta on Sept. 10th I will start my regular job at the Google offices there and I hope to get some routine in there quickly.

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