France Tales

posts in this category contain a plethora of information pertaining to all the steps and processes of gathering documents to convince “les fonctionnairres” to let you come here.

We have gotten a low response to the surveys that we post in the right sidebar. They are made by us not some advertiser who wants to trick you into something. All you have to do is click on the answer to the question and that’s it. It’s fun to see what the results are. [...]

Our flight to France was at 6:55PM. Agnes picked us up at 3:30 and off we went. We had a lot of anxiety about this flight. We were moving to France so we had Jozi, our cat, and Kika, our dog with us. We went through an ordeal just to prepare for the trip. Pets [...]

Didn’t she know? I mean I didn’t believe it when I was first told about it but I’m starting to believe now. The signs were right there. How could she not know? She’s too young. If you scrunch up your face like that, and hold it for hours on end in the same position, [...]

I re-read the requirements for the VISA. I guess since most people go on a student VISA as a regular university student through and exchange program the info is geared toward them. Ok, I get it, I’m used to being an outsider. But try to get a definitive answer out of someone. Anyone care to [...]

Everything is falling into place. We have plane tickets to leave on Friday evening, September 28th at 6:55PM. It’s finally happening, unlike sleep, which is why I am typing this at 4:18 AM. We fly on our Air France.
A funny thing happened to us on the way to sell our car. We got a buyer [...]

The truck

The boxes

The emptiness

The sadness

Saran wrap for boxes, enviornmentally incorrect, but it sure is handy.

Backbreaking labor, thanks to Hank and his uncle.
Did you see how many boxes? I think we moved 140 items, boxes, furniture, etc. Very zen and pared down of us.