Tonight, I depart for San Fransisco to attend a group meeting at the office of the Consulate of France to obtain my biometric visa! FINALLY!
Getting your visa is a big day as it marks a big ol’ check mark on your to-do list of paperwork. Next step: ticketing.
As one of my favourite songs states: “Put another X on the calendar, summer’s on it’s death bed.” The days are just flying by and my summer has been lovely.
Yesterday, my friend and I had a smashing goodbye party. She is departing for Austria is 13 days through the same program, so we went through all of our training together. She’s also one of my closest friends from elementary school. Fancy that.
Here’s a photo of us and some of our lady friends:
That’s me in the middle with the floral dress and my friend Reilly to
the right of me. The girl RIGHT above my head is going to Ecuador and
the girl to Reilly’s right is going to Japan, all through Rotary
International. All of the kids going next year are VERY close to each
other and to the exchange students who stayed in District 1500 this
year, which stretches from central Oregon all the way to Vancouver,
Washington.I will make another post tomorrow talking about my visa process and will add some photos. I cannot wait to get my visa and go to San Fransisco. It’s one of my favourite cities; I grew up there and my dad was born and raised a San Fransisco boy.
Thanks for reading. I’ll check in tomorrow evening!
Au revoir!
~Effy
P.S.: 31 Days until departure. (woah)
