This is "Onbekommerd"!

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

All set

With just a few days to go, we have virtually everything in place to go.
We got the last paperwork from the South African Department of Home Affairs last Friday and yesterday (Monday), we visited the High Court in Cape Town to have the South African documents authenticated with something called 'apostilles', which means that foreign authorities will recognise them as 'real' and not 'fake'.

Lyn is doing the last two days of work and on Thursday and Friday we can pack for the Saturday departure.
Also good news is that Sean got a 1 month contract job (he started on Monday) doing some financial research. Although its nothing fixed, it is experience and a possibility to 'network' and get more leads for permanent employment. If that does not work, he'll most likely join us in London some time during May. Greg is very busy in the 'bee business'. His partners and he are buying and moving hives so that they'll have their first honey 'harvest' in September. That won't make it a paying propostion at that stage, but it should be close...
So, lots is happening. Next blog entry should be from London, all going well.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Jumped through another hoop

Lyn passed her naturalisation test! That is one step closer to the Dutch passport she needs to enable us to spend 6 months per year on Onbekommerd. Also the Dutch visa and Hans' second passport have been applied for. Everything required is now 'in the pipeline' and we need a bit of patience in the meantime!