Though we were unable to meet with our friends 😢, our trip to Houston was a success. We woke to snow (yes,snow in Houston!!!) which we thought was a good omen (because we love snow between Thanksgiving and Christmas). Got to the consulate without a hitch and had to wait only a few minutes before we were called.
We both had expected the interviews to be conducted in private rooms but instead we both sat in front of a glass window with a French woman on the other side. Not very personal but, hey, it's French!! She went through all our papers, asked minimal questions (she laughed with us about David putting my birth year as 1952 instead of 1953 saying he could have at least made me younger!), then took our fingerprints. That was the hardest part for me-it would not accept my prints, and I had to do it over and over and over until finally she had them (whew!!!!).
We had made duplicate copies of everything (as our letter instructed us to do) but we only needed one copy (better too many than too few!). She took our pictures (not smiling so I'm sure they're very attractive!!!!) and said our files were complete...au revoir! She had asked earlier when we needed the visa (March 1) and said it can take as little as 10 days (yea!). So we'll see....we didn't walk away with our visa but we didn't expect to...out of her pay grade probably!! But she said nothing to make us believe we won't get it. An easy-peasy procedure that I'm glad I didn't spend any time fretting over!
Visa application - check!
The last big step now is selling the house!
And still we wait.....
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