Something exciting happened today. Well, something like this isn’t usually exciting. Actually usually it’s rather boring. But if you’ve seen my recent post “Some Dreadful News” you know that having to go get our visas processed is some really exciting news, because there’s hope that I might actually be able to travel home this summer as planned. That is, if I can get my passport (including residence permit) back on time. But today we got to take the first step at least, and with that, at least one part of this huge hurdle has been taken. And now, another wait begins …

By the way, you must forgive the bad quality of this photo. I wasn’t going to draw the attention of any of the guards when trying to take this pic (you don’t want to get into trouble with that department when you depend on them getting you your passport back on time). So, I tried to be as sneaky about it as I could, hence a really quick snapshot!