Surprise 2011
They knew we were coming back to Canada to renew our visas, but Amber’s parents had no idea we were in BC (or in the same house for that matter).
Category: The Old Counry (Canada)
Though we live and work in Europe, we’re still Canadian and Canada is close to our hearts. Sometimes we have a thought about Canada; sometime we’re even in Canada.
The Immigration Family
Application forms, bank records, medical checks, supporting documents, multiple trips to the consulate, letters of invitation and passport-sized photographs; if you’ve ever applied for something more than a tourist visa than you know what we’re talking about. Getting permission to move to a country feels like a full-time job, but it gives you more than… Read More The Immigration Family
Freakishly Normal
We’ve been wanting to share about this for a while, but time’s been tight these last few weeks. Here it is: it was hard to leave Canada. We thought that maybe since we had 6 months in our home country, that we would have had our fill when it came time to leave; but it… Read More Freakishly Normal
Moving Day
We hit the road in 30 minutes to drop-off the car, have dinner with family and head to the Toronto airport. We’re flying to Vienna via London and a friend will pick us up and take us to Nitra, Slovakia. We’re catching a 5:30am train (that’s 15 hours after we get to Slovakia) to Romania… Read More Moving Day
The Bed Count – August
The count continues to climb and will be coming to an end next month once we have a place to call home in Poland. February = 6 March = 5 April = 10 May = 5 June = 6 July = 6 August =3 Total = 41
"Wiza" Success!
Visas – we’ve got them! Shiny, new and all ours; these visas make this transition very real. Valid until July 2011 (2 months shorter than we had applied for), our visas were the last logistic in getting to Poland (now we just need to move our stuff, find a place to live, scrounge up some… Read More "Wiza" Success!
Step Three and a Half
This morning we were able to submit our visa paperwork in full. There was a bit of a twist as Amber went to submit the documents for both of us only to be told that we both had to be present. So an unexpected motorcycle ride and a trip on the SkyTrain had Matthew downtown… Read More Step Three and a Half
The Bed Count – July
We’ve been counting beds since February as a way of tracking our time in transition since departing Nitra, Slovakia until we have a place to call home in Włocławek, Poland. Here’s the running tally: February = 6 March = 5 April = 10 May = 5 June = 6 July = 6 Total = 38… Read More The Bed Count – July
Step Three (almost)
As the hoop jumping continues in our journey towards Polish visas, we thought we saw the light at the end of the tunnel. Turns out we were mistaken. Step One was getting everything required to apply for a university Polish language program (it was more involved than we had originally thought). Step Two was our… Read More Step Three (almost)
The Newest Language
With life in Poland getting closer by the day, we’ve returned to one of our tried-and-true methods of vocabulary acquisition: labeling as many objects as we can! This picture is a simple, yet handy, example. We bet you can learn this word in no time! Slovak and Polish are both Slavic languages so we’ve got… Read More The Newest Language
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