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.
This is "Onbekommerd"!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Just a quick update again
A bit more paperwork 'in the pipeline'.
We have Lyn's UK visa. We have applied for all sorts of certificates (birth- etc) and for second passports (the UK authorities need our original passports for 6 months to give Lyn a "residence card" and in the meantime, Onbekommerd will be calling! Fortunately, both the South African and the Dutch system allow second passports for circumstances like this. Now we just hope that they actually issue them!
Next is the Schengen visa, we'll apply next week for that. It will allow us up to 90 out of 180 days in the 'Schengen countries' of which the Netherlands is one.
We will be collecting 'Onbekommerd' from the 'winterberging' in Alkmaar on 7 April, that has now been confirmed.
Talk later!
We have Lyn's UK visa. We have applied for all sorts of certificates (birth- etc) and for second passports (the UK authorities need our original passports for 6 months to give Lyn a "residence card" and in the meantime, Onbekommerd will be calling! Fortunately, both the South African and the Dutch system allow second passports for circumstances like this. Now we just hope that they actually issue them!
Next is the Schengen visa, we'll apply next week for that. It will allow us up to 90 out of 180 days in the 'Schengen countries' of which the Netherlands is one.
We will be collecting 'Onbekommerd' from the 'winterberging' in Alkmaar on 7 April, that has now been confirmed.
Talk later!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Progress
Well, if you have a blog, you better post on it, right? OK, we are still in the preliminaries but there is some stuff to report.
We had a major step forward in that Lyn's application to register with the Health Professionals Council in the UK was approved so she can now legally practise as a psychologist there. Useful when, after the summer, some work needs to be done!
We have also booked the flight out, leaving on 2 April (and returning on 19 December for our Christmas break).
And we have applied for Lyn's police clearance (that takes 6-8 weeks, so needed to be done early).
During February we'll do a lot more paperwork, its amazing how much there is to be done for such a relatively simple 'sabbatical'!
We had a major step forward in that Lyn's application to register with the Health Professionals Council in the UK was approved so she can now legally practise as a psychologist there. Useful when, after the summer, some work needs to be done!
We have also booked the flight out, leaving on 2 April (and returning on 19 December for our Christmas break).
And we have applied for Lyn's police clearance (that takes 6-8 weeks, so needed to be done early).
During February we'll do a lot more paperwork, its amazing how much there is to be done for such a relatively simple 'sabbatical'!
Friday, January 7, 2011
Our Blog
Well, here is "Onbekommerd"'s blog. We are trying this to see if this is the best way to keep friends and family abreast of what we are doing.
As many of our f's&f's know, we are off to the UK in April for a 'sabbatical' and to persue a few projects. We will spend as much time as we can on 'the boat' and that is why the blog is called "Onbekommerd". But it will give news about everything we do, not just when we are 'plying the waterways'.
Form time to time, we will post in Dutch as well. This is new to us, so bear with us. Also the layout and general 'view' will evolve as time goes by.
As many of our f's&f's know, we are off to the UK in April for a 'sabbatical' and to persue a few projects. We will spend as much time as we can on 'the boat' and that is why the blog is called "Onbekommerd". But it will give news about everything we do, not just when we are 'plying the waterways'.
Form time to time, we will post in Dutch as well. This is new to us, so bear with us. Also the layout and general 'view' will evolve as time goes by.
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