I have been preparing for the UCBA Study Abroad trip for the last few weeks. My first steps in preparing for the trip is getting a passport. That was an adventure in itself. I went to three different post offices in and around Cincinnati in an attempt to find someone that could get me in given the time frame I had given myself. Finally I found a post office that could get me into an appointment by the end of the week. with all my paperwork already filled out they had me in and out in under 5 minutes.