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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. He also did it the very same day, whilst the first office told me I would have to wait for half a week or more.

OK, that's it for the first post. I better run and enjoy the sun as long as it lasts.

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