One of the pleasant surprises here has been my ability to keep in close contact with home. We don't have a very fast Internet connection but I'm still able to use Skype to call home. I just got off the phone with an hour and 15 minute conversation with my mom that cost me...NOTHING! Yay for Skype. Not only that, but we put a wireless router in my apartment building so we don't even have to go to the office to get online! As I write this I'm sitting at my very own dining room table. Who'd have thought?!!