Today we achieved the impossible (well we think we did!) and successfully applied for a 6 months US Visa! Do you think I had enough evidence collected to convince them I have no intention of staying in the US?!!! And that was just MY evidence - Connie had about the same amount for herself! Our actual "interview" at the consulate lasted about 5 mins, which was about a third of the time that it took on the telephone to actually book the interview in the first place! Anyway, we were told that "everything looked in order" so hopefully we will get some good news on that score before Christmas! So thanks again to all those friends and family who contributed to vouching for our intentions! After the trauma of recent events (US Visa wise!) we decided that we deserved a little treat and that a
celebration was in order! So we headed off to the chocolate boutique for one of their specialities that I referred to on yesterday's blog - a chocolate fondue! As you may be able to see from the photo (click to enlarge!) we had a big dish of melted chocolate in the middle, surrounded by big pink and white squashy marshmallows, pieces of banana, 2 cherries, trifle sponges, pretzels, dried apricots and chocolate marshmallow fish - all of which could of course be dipped into the chocolate pot!!! Mmmm! It was SO good! We have already decided to have another one next time we are back in Auckland (in just over a week's time!) We are off to Paihia in the Bay of Islands tomorrow for a week and no wi fi access there so not sure when the next blog will be - but watch this space!
Today we achieved the impossible (well we think we did!) and successfully applied for a 6 months US Visa! Do you think I had enough evidence collected to convince them I have no intention of staying in the US?!!! And that was just MY evidence - Connie had about the same amount for herself! Our actual "interview" at the consulate lasted about 5 mins, which was about a third of the time that it took on the telephone to actually book the interview in the first place! Anyway, we were told that "everything looked in order" so hopefully we will get some good news on that score before Christmas! So thanks again to all those friends and family who contributed to vouching for our intentions! After the trauma of recent events (US Visa wise!) we decided that we deserved a little treat and that a
celebration was in order! So we headed off to the chocolate boutique for one of their specialities that I referred to on yesterday's blog - a chocolate fondue! As you may be able to see from the photo (click to enlarge!) we had a big dish of melted chocolate in the middle, surrounded by big pink and white squashy marshmallows, pieces of banana, 2 cherries, trifle sponges, pretzels, dried apricots and chocolate marshmallow fish - all of which could of course be dipped into the chocolate pot!!! Mmmm! It was SO good! We have already decided to have another one next time we are back in Auckland (in just over a week's time!) We are off to Paihia in the Bay of Islands tomorrow for a week and no wi fi access there so not sure when the next blog will be - but watch this space!
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