Wow! Sometimes I just LOVE the marvels of modern technology! There are only three things I miss about the US while I am over here, and thanks to technical wunderkinds behind the scenes everywhere, I am able to surmount all these obstacles now! I miss, in this order: 1) my family 2) Georgetown friends & Hoya basketball 3) ESPN and 24-hour-sports-coverage So guess what? SKYPE allows me to speak with (and SEE) my family whenever we want to talk. And it's free! It also doubles as my MSN with my friends here in Paris, so that saves on the cell phone bill : ) ALL long-term travellors-abroad should invest in Skype. Buy their stock, too, if they have it! Second, GU Hoya basketball can be listened to on streaming broadband, live, and occasionally downloaded from a
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