Date of Arrival

Hello all!

I hope everyone is doing well, especially with their VISA application. I believe most of us, if not all, are already going through it. And one of the things that they will ask is whether you have already booked a flight and when.

So, I just wanted to know, when do you plan on arriving at L'Aquila? I know Prof. Bruno suggested to arrive between August 25 and August 31 but is there anyone who will arrive on an earlier date?

Obtaining VISAs

In multiple mailing Nilgoon asked the question about obtaining VISAs.
As far as I know, according to Shengen agreement, if you have valid VISA to one of European country, you can easily move to another within European Union.  As both Italy and France are the parts of European Union, I think, after you get VISA to Italy, you shouldn't worry about obtaining VISA to France. I believe our original VISAs will just be extended during our studies in Italy so they could be valid for entering and staying in France. That is just my opinion. Does anyone have other ideas?

Welcome !!!

Hi everybody!

I decided to create a community where we all could get acquainted and stay in touch before meeting each other at the end of August in L'Aquila (and maybe even continue using it for discussing common topics after our study starts).
I believe that sharing ideas and opinions in the community will be more convenient than sending multiple email messages.
Feel free to join this blog.

Friendly yours,
Dmitry Ponomarev.