To Canada and beyond

So finally the documents are gone. Over last weekend I managed to put together a rough version of the required statement in French. Luckily, my French teacher agreed to correct this for me. Tuesday I went to the barber and Thursday I used my lunch break to get some pass photos taken. Then last Thursday I managed to collect the last bits and pieces. For example I got the certified translation of my leaving certificate back. So Friday then I send the entire package via courier. It was an expensive week, but finally the set is sorted. Hopefully, I will be able to focus a bit more on my French study.

What a curious day it is today. A very untypical day with very untypical weather for Ireland; one in a line of those days. Funny, how quickly one gets used to good weather. I barely expect it to rain. As interesting as that strikes me at the moment, I am not going to write about the weather. I am going to write about my endeavors of going to Canada. I have been working on this quite some time now. And even though the past may have a story or two to tell, I am going to write about the present, give or take a week. This week I have been ticking some important boxes in my application for a Quebec Work Visa. I have gathered my documents and found a notary public. A little research on that part really payed out, since my first offer was to get each of the documents notarized for 50€ per item. Considering I had nearly 20 pages, it would have amounted to a major expense. However, the notary public I chose, a real gentleman, did all the documents for me for only 50€. I was well impressed. H...