Monthly Archives: September 2010

I’m in Santa Clara!

I have now officially started my career as a Yankee. After 8 hours flight to Newark, almost 5 hours at Newark and then 6 hours flight to San Francisco I touched down at San Francisco International Airport. Immigration at Newark … Continue reading

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The apartment is empty

Today, by using a ridiculous amount of wrap paper and cardboard, three merry men from a moving company has put everything I own into boxes and sent it on its way to California. This blue container will be the home … Continue reading

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Everything lined up

Now it is about a week until the adventure begins. Or maybe less than a week. When does it actually start? When I board the plane? When I land in San Francisco? When the moving company knocks on my door? … Continue reading

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I got the visa!

I can stop worrying about not getting the visa in time. The good people at the American embassy must have outperformed themselves. Instead of “about a week” it took two days before I had my passport back with the visa … Continue reading

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Adventures at the embassy

Yesterday I paid a visit to the American Embassy in Stockholm to apply for a work permit visa to USA. I had been googling a bit to try to find out what would actually happen there but the only information … Continue reading

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Previously, on go west

It has come to my attention that some people would be interested in me doing a bit of blogging about my soon-to-happen relocation to the big country on the other side of the Atlantic. So here we go.. (Swedish disclaimer: … Continue reading

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