Here's a fun detail that our ladies across the sea might not know yet: Tyler got his visa!!! It only took Matt three trips to the Saudi Embassy, but we've finally got some paperwork!
Tyler and I are in Providence, Rhode Island at the moment. We're pretty much just killing time till we leave to Boston to visit Raina and Jeff. Providence is...boring. I think if you were to look up "College Town" in the dictionary, there would be a picture of Providence. There's NO ONE in town and there's honestly nothing to do. Maybe we just picked a bad time to visit. According to the visitor's guide given to us by our hotel, there's a folk festival kicking off the day after we leave. womp womp.
Anyway, we're booking our trains/planes back to DC so that we can *hopefully* get my visa as well. There is the small detail that we still haven't gotten the sponsor letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but...you know. Insh'allah, we will get it before August 2.
Another fun tidbit: We won't be leaving the States till September 9th-ish because the school won't have our apartment ready until Sept. 12. We decided that after 3 weeks of life on the road, we kind of just want to do a quick visit to Amsterdam and then head to Dammam and hit the ground running. So YAY! More time in the land of the free and the home of the brave!
