Yesterday we headed down to Atlanta, caught up with Beth and Lily, then ate at Moe's before church with several small group friends. We slept at the Prewitt house and then this morning was our big day- our appointments at the French Consulate in Buckhead. Now, we both had some ideas about what we thought it would be like... they went something like this: big modern office with windows overlooking Buckhead, French receptionist wearing a scarf and high heels, complimentary coffee and pastries in the lobby, being called back to a desk where we would present our paperwork one item at a time to a French government official and make small talk about our upcoming year in Lyon. Well what it ended up being like was more like a visit to the DMV. We were "greeted" by a large man (not French), who directed us to a small, hot, waiting room (with no windows and not enough seating), where we waited for over an hour to be called up to a bank-teller style window with a 1/2 inch slot at the bottom to slide our documents through. The man who received our paperwork was impatient and disorganized. So, our expectations were a bit erroneous, but we are both SO HAPPY to have this behind us! Now we just have to wait for the visas and passports to be sent back to us (hopefully in a couple weeks).
(Doug's favorite new car snack... Chocolatey Cats from Trader Joes)
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