Preparations!

Today, Barb and I hied ourselves down to the Indian Consulate in Surrey to apply for our visas!  After a longish wait (you are 862.  Currently serving 839…) we finally got to submit our applications.  Barb’s was fine; in my case the photo I was given by London Drugs was the wrong size,  Nevertheless, they agreed to accept the app provided I could bring in another picture before closing time (or that particular agent going offshift).  So, back to London Drugs for another photo—this time I showed them the size and specifications in writing—back to the Consulate.  (By now Barb was headed back to Westbank)….STILL the wrong size (although closer!).  The  very nice guy at the Consulate told me to run across the street to Superstore and do it there; I was back in about 10 mins with the correct size photo, gave it to my agent…and we are ‘in process’!  Should take a week to ten days and then I can pick up both visas.  The staff at the Indian Consulate was very helpful and pleasant, in spite of facing an apparently endless line of applicants all asking the same questions and making the same mistakes!

This was our last “task” to accomplish!  Now it’s pretty much just a matter of packing and we’re off!  Woo hoo!