Context: My wife is getting back from being in Germany for 2 months in a week.  I can't wait!
Speaker 1: In a week my wife will finally be back from being out of the country for 2 months!
Speaker 2: Oh geez! Why was she gone for so long?
Speaker 1: She was taking a language course in Germany for her graduate studies.
Speaker 2: That's pretty cool! That would be hard though! Were you all able to talk a lot?