Study abroad in two different countries, fall and spring of same year

lookingforward
Tue, 13 May 2014 18:38:16 +0000

Maybe I should have added that D1 was also abroad for the last 5 weeks of soph year (also a school opp.) So her away would have been about 16 months. That did make a difference to her.

Fwiw, phone options drove me nuts. It seemed the US plans that offer the overall lowest cost rate for calling home were for short duration only- a month or two, max. A phone bought in the foreign country is better for local calls there, awful for calls home. The US cell was cheaper to call the US, but crazy for local calls. We manage on Skype, FB, email. She has a local pre-pay for in-country.