Our time in the UK is fast growing to a close. I am sad about leaving and so are the children. We are trying not to really say good bye to those that we want to keep in touch with, instead we are saying things like, "See you in France, soon!”
We spent the 4th of July in London. I had been planning to take the children out of school to observe the holiday (and make a trip to the Warner Brother Studios Harry Potter Studios). Instead we had to take them out of school as we had to go and apply for our French visas. It was a paperwork nightmare. We were there for 3 hours refilling out paperwork in duplicate. It turned out that our person for the day was telling us wrong, his supervisor stepped in and just cleared some of it through mistakes and all. I am still not sure why we had to do it all by hand, to be fair, the supervisor said that it was crazy as well. Dear French visa people, you can fill out paperwork, electronically. It saves time and me from having hand cramps!
We spent Super Handsome’s birthday at the school ball. We had to be there so that Oldest Son could go. It was a nice night for him and I know that he had a good time with his class mates. Unfortunately, Super Handsome did not get any dinner. The caterers ran out of food. I had a meatless meal as did some others. A handful of people, like my husband did not get anything. Not really a great birthday for him. Especially since he wanted to be in Hyde Park listening to the Rolling Stones! No worries, a week later, we were there to see them, and I have to say, for ‘old' guys, they can still give a good performance!
Our visas finally arrived, I had to take Mark out of school (Colin was finished early) and the three of us had to go back to London. There was problems with our biometrics. While we were there, they finished them up and sent us home with them. It was a few days before they were valid though. Today we are actually free to travel to France with them. Super Handsome left this morning, he is working this week in France.
The kids have broken up from school now. Most of our friends are getting ready to head out on holiday. We have things to deal with here and I am hoping to get at least one or two trips into London before we leave. We have to vacate our home here on the 25. The packers are not yet scheduled and I am getting nervous!
Summer has finally arrived in England. The weather has been in the 80’s for the last week or so. When we were in London, Hyde Park was brown, due in part to the lack of rain lately. That’s ok, I’ll take it!
I have to admit that I am hoping that the Duchess of Cambridge has her baby before we leave. London is currently really busy with tourists right now and I know that when she finally has the baby the UK will be celebrating! Let’s go Kate, after all, our time is short!
We spent the 4th of July in London. I had been planning to take the children out of school to observe the holiday (and make a trip to the Warner Brother Studios Harry Potter Studios). Instead we had to take them out of school as we had to go and apply for our French visas. It was a paperwork nightmare. We were there for 3 hours refilling out paperwork in duplicate. It turned out that our person for the day was telling us wrong, his supervisor stepped in and just cleared some of it through mistakes and all. I am still not sure why we had to do it all by hand, to be fair, the supervisor said that it was crazy as well. Dear French visa people, you can fill out paperwork, electronically. It saves time and me from having hand cramps!
We spent Super Handsome’s birthday at the school ball. We had to be there so that Oldest Son could go. It was a nice night for him and I know that he had a good time with his class mates. Unfortunately, Super Handsome did not get any dinner. The caterers ran out of food. I had a meatless meal as did some others. A handful of people, like my husband did not get anything. Not really a great birthday for him. Especially since he wanted to be in Hyde Park listening to the Rolling Stones! No worries, a week later, we were there to see them, and I have to say, for ‘old' guys, they can still give a good performance!
Our visas finally arrived, I had to take Mark out of school (Colin was finished early) and the three of us had to go back to London. There was problems with our biometrics. While we were there, they finished them up and sent us home with them. It was a few days before they were valid though. Today we are actually free to travel to France with them. Super Handsome left this morning, he is working this week in France.
The kids have broken up from school now. Most of our friends are getting ready to head out on holiday. We have things to deal with here and I am hoping to get at least one or two trips into London before we leave. We have to vacate our home here on the 25. The packers are not yet scheduled and I am getting nervous!
Summer has finally arrived in England. The weather has been in the 80’s for the last week or so. When we were in London, Hyde Park was brown, due in part to the lack of rain lately. That’s ok, I’ll take it!
I have to admit that I am hoping that the Duchess of Cambridge has her baby before we leave. London is currently really busy with tourists right now and I know that when she finally has the baby the UK will be celebrating! Let’s go Kate, after all, our time is short!
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