tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855199626103323785.post8997566552121798456..comments2023-07-07T03:56:01.092-07:00Comments on The Barefoot Doctoral: My father's visitBarefoot Doctoralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03116876526923906034noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855199626103323785.post-62192319048223101602012-05-16T09:33:49.088-07:002012-05-16T09:33:49.088-07:00As a non-American coming from a country that needs...As a non-American coming from a country that needs a visa to even visit the US, I have to agree with the first claim that having to pass through customs between getting off the plane and picking up one's luggage makes a whole lot of difference. I presume this is not the case with your father, though. <br /><br />After I got my PhD husband and I spent two years apart. He remained in the US university where we got the PhD and I went to another US institution during the first year of postdoc, and to a Canadian university during the second year. In both cases we were away around 4-6 hours by two planes. However, the second year felt that we were in... different countries! (It doesn't help that for us it was nontrivial to visit Canada either). <br /><br />Another point is the time difference. It may seem like nothing, but it really bothers with the phone/skype/etc. This wasn't the case for us in the situations I described, but it might be an issue with you father.<br /><br />I even feel these differences when I go to conferences. Like, I'm much more relaxed if the conference happens in the same time zone in Canada!<br /><br />Maybe I'm weird...mathgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641041257943155537noreply@blogger.com