Tip the world over on it’s side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles
Following a little text message last night, at 7:15 this morning, our passport were delivered (biked, please) to our door. Sign-here-thank-you-bye-bye and there we are:
Take off date: next Tuesday.
In the meantime: 1 million and a half little tasks, left to the last minute…
Thanks to my mate James, who lived there a couple of months ago, here is a better view of our street in Burbank. Picture of the house itself shall land in my inbox tonight and I shall update the site accordingly!
Today, day of all stress: The Visa interview!
The day started early (too early considering the time of the night we switched the TV off last night) and stress was at its max! Why? Well, we’ve heard so many stories from friends, colleagues about previous visa application, knowing that our stuff are possibly already in transit over the Atlantic Ocean, that any issue with this step of the process would have had dramatic consequences (more camping, flights changes, etc)…
But I must admit one thing… I was totally impressed by the efficiency of the machine we faced today… Interview at 10:00am, we were told to arrive around 9:00-9:30 to ensure smooth processing and short queues… Well, we were out, stamped-paid-here-paid-there-all-set-thank-you by 10:00am SHARP!!
We were so happy about this that we had to celebrate and ended up having a little glass of Champagne at the Ritz (had to borrow a tie to enter the jacket-and-tie-only-bar) and lunch at one of Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant! Yeepeeh!
So the last major step has now been completed… with success… we are now on stand by before departure!
Next step in the move out of London… Saying goodbye to our friends! In a true Brit fashion, we hence booked half our local restaurant/pub (Salisbury) and invited our close friends to join us for a couple of pints and some nibbles!
Thanks to all of those who made it (check the Pretty Picture zone, you might be there). We had great fun and it’s been fantastic to see you all… Thank you as well for the presies and hope to you you soon on this side or on the other side of the pond…
Well, goodbyes were not easy and we got emotional a couple of times and this was not due to any form of alcohol intake, as we paced ourselves and acted as if at a wedding reception (felt like it actually)!!!
As you can well imagine as well, we stood as long as drinks were served and left almost last to go back to our homes (camping in our case) except a couple of individuals that had to reach the next Champagne bar…
To all: We’ll miss you all but are carrying each one of you with us in thoughts and hearts (Yes, even you Robin!)
