applied for my  french visa yesterday. it was all quite quick and simple, though i did find myself in a brief spell binding anxiety while waiting to step up to the window for my turn. did i fill everything out right? did i forget something important behind? will i have to make this 11 hour drive all over again? of course everything was correct and the procedure was easy, now i just need to get my visa/passport fed exed back to me in time for my flight, which shouldn’t be a problem as i have just under four weeks before i go. it’s amazing how time counts down. only months ago it seemed so far away, so distant i could hardly even acknowledge my departure as a reality. as time marches on, and especially as my days at work are coming to an end (!), reality is beginning to grip me. in a good way of course!