Last week, I had gotten my passport pictures to continue work on my residency visa application. Today, I continued that work to the max. I talked to Anne-Catherine in the office today, and she is helping me continue my quest to get the residency visa required for the year internship in Germany. I also began filling out paperwork to be technically enrolled as a student at Reutlingen and to receive my student id.
The roadblock that we kept running into, an inception of paperwork, if you will, is that I need a local, German bank account number to put on my application for the residency visa, but I cannot get a bank account until I have said visa.
So where do I even begin?!
Anne-Catherine ended up being able to write me a stamped, official letter from the RIO office stating that I have begun the application for the visa they require and requested that I be allowed to open an account so I may finish up this application. Thank goodness it worked! I am to go back tomorrow to finish up the application.
I printed out a bunch of paperwork and hope to have everything all squared away for that visa by tomorrow!
Professor Ostoyich, the Valpo resident director, stopped in the office today. He, very kindly, asked if I would like to attend a soccer game with the Valpo students on Saturday (I'll admit, I was really jealous and wanted to go with them when I heard they were going to a game!) and invited me along for a tour of Tubingen the following weekend. Particularly because I know so many of the Valpo students, it is really nice to be included!
During my break, I walked to a local Lotto store near campus to pick up some minutes for my work phone. The office pays for the phone card since the number is given to students who are arriving on the weekends and need their keys.
I completed a few tasks for Karin in the afternoon part of my shift. After the few hours were up, I met up with my friend Nicki from Aalen!
We walked around Reutlingen and I showed her some of the sites we came across.
The fountain in the Marktplatz in downtown Reutlingen.
A museum on the history of Reutlingen in downtown Reutlingen.
The streets of Reutlingen.
We stopped in Mueller to pick up a few essentials and window shopped the rest of the time. We grabbed a scoop of gelato from a local place by the Stadtmitte and continued walking. We tried on a few dirndls to see which sizes we were. Unfortunately for me, I think it will be an interesting time finding a dirndl that fits properly.
We finally ended up at a Thai restaurant for dinner that came highly recommended from the former resident director.
To my surprise, much like Asian restaurants at home, each "entrée" is actually made for at least two people. As Nicki is a vegetarian, my chicken dish was all for me, and it was A LOT. It was also really delicious. I look forward to eating the rest of it tomorrow for lunch.
I had some delicious jasmine tea at the restaurant, too. It complimented my meal well.
Jasmine Tea
It got to be about 8 p.m. and Nicki had to go home. On my way back to the Stadtmitte bus stop, I relaxed and breathed in the beautiful night and took some pictures.
Near the Stadtmitte bus stop.
And now I am back home. I look forward to an exciting week and weekend.
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