Well... it all started very spontaneously. I didn't even expect that it had already begun... it was the end of November 2009, and I was taking conversational English courses. A couple of weeks later, I met a girl who happened to mention she was going on the Work and Travel USA program... it took me 3 days to make up my mind and say, "I'm going too!" My parents accepted it as a given... I don't know why there was no fuss, maybe because I'd been living in a dorm in another city for two years already, or maybe they just trust me since I hadn't messed up much lately... and so it began... passport, photos, fees, forms, and a wild desire to go to the USA to understand why things are the way they are there, to gain experience, improve my English, travel, and, of course, earn some money.