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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe booked a week of holiday at the Club Med in Sanya, in China. So I needed to get us visas. I looked on the internet and in my guide books but I still wasn’t sure what I needed to do. I found an address for the visa bureau and I went there Friday 8th. There was a sign at the door saying that I needed to go to another building for my visa. Fortunately, the building was literally across the road. I went there and got the application forms and all the information about what additional documents were necessary. During the weekend, I filled the 4 application forms, got all the documents that were needed, included photo ID. I went back with all my paperwork on Tuesday 12th. I queued for about 10 minutes. The first person I saw checked my applications and documents and told me I needed birth certificates for the children. So I left. I came back the following day hopeful I was going to get our visas. Same thing, I queued for around 10 minutes and then I was greeted by a first person, checking my application. All seemed ok so she gave me a number. I waited another 5 minutes and then went to see another person who processed my applications one by one. He was nice and efficient. As it happened, my photo was not valid as I had earrings on. I had to get another one, which was very easy as there are some photo booths in the office. The admin person waited for my new photo and processed all the applications. He then gave me another number. I waited for another 5 minutes to go to the cashier. As it happens I needed to pay cash and I didn’t have enough. So I left the building to find a cash dispenser and then I was able to pay. All in all, it took me about an hour. Pretty efficient! Our visas were ready 5 days later. It took me another 5 minutes to get them. I am impressed by this administration!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nous avons r\u00e9serv\u00e9 une semaine de vacances au Club Med \u00e0 Sanya, en Chine. Il me fallait donc des visas. J’ai regard\u00e9 sur Internet et dans mes guides, mais ce n\u2019\u00e9tait pas tr\u00e8s clair. J’ai trouv\u00e9 une adresse pour le bureau des visas et j’y suis all\u00e9 vendredi 8. Il y avait un panneau \u00e0 la porte disant que je devais me rendre dans un autre b\u00e2timent pour obtenir mon visa. Heureusement, le b\u00e2timent \u00e9tait litt\u00e9ralement de l\u2019autre c\u00f4t\u00e9 de la rue. J’y suis all\u00e9e et j’ai obtenu les formulaires et tous les documents suppl\u00e9mentaires \u00e0 fournir. Pendant le week-end, j’ai rempli les 4 formulaires et rassembl\u00e9 les documents n\u00e9cessaires, y compris les photos d’identit\u00e9. Je suis retourn\u00e9e au bureau des visas mardi 12 avec tous les papiers. J’ai fait la queue pendant environ 10 minutes. La premi\u00e8re personne que j’ai vue a v\u00e9rifi\u00e9 mon dossier et m’a dit qu\u2019il me manquait les certificats de naissance des enfants. Je suis rentr\u00e9e \u00e0 la maison les chercher. Je suis revenue le lendemain avec un dossier complet. Comme la veille, j\u2019ai fait la queue pendant environ 10 minutes, puis j\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 accueillie par une premi\u00e8re personne qui a v\u00e9rifi\u00e9 mon dossier et m\u2019a donn\u00e9 un ticket pour attendre. J’ai attendu 5 minutes suppl\u00e9mentaires puis je suis all\u00e9e \u00e0 un autre guichet. L\u2019employ\u00e9 a trait\u00e9 mes demandes une par une. Il \u00e9tait poli et efficace. Ma photo d\u2019identit\u00e9 n’\u00e9tait pas valide car j’avais des boucles d’oreilles. Il m\u2019a fallu en faire une autre, ce qui \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s facile car il y avait des photomatons dans le bureau. L’agent a attendu que j\u2019ai fait ma nouvelle photo et a trait\u00e9 toutes les demandes. Il m’a ensuite donn\u00e9 un autre num\u00e9ro. J’ai attendu encore 5 minutes pour aller payer. Malheureusement, il ne prennent que les esp\u00e8ces et je n\u2019avais pas assez. Je suis descendue pour aller au distributeur et j’ai ensuite pu payer. Au total, cela m’a pris environ une heure. Assez efficace ! Nos visas \u00e9taient pr\u00eats 5 jours plus tard. Il m’a fallu attendre encore 5 minutes pour les obtenir. Je suis impressionn\u00e9 par cette administration !<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The 9th, we were invited for diner with the children. It was quite late for the children, but we wanted to stay a bit longer. So we called a taxi and sent Alex and Emilie home by themselves. We were just 20 minutes away from home. When we arrived home an hour later, Alex was in bed sleeping and Emilie was as per picture below! All the lights were switched on. Emilie doesn’t like to be alone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Le 9, nous \u00e9tions invit\u00e9s \u00e0 d\u00eener avec les enfants. Il \u00e9tait assez tard pour les enfants, mais nous voulions rester un peu plus longtemps. Du coup, nous avons mis Alex et Emilie dans un taxi et renvoy\u00e9 Alex et Emilie direction la maison. Nous \u00e9tions \u00e0 seulement 20 minutes de chez nous. Quand nous sommes arriv\u00e9s \u00e0 la maison une heure plus tard, Alex \u00e9tait au lit en train de dormir et Emilie \u00e9tait comme sur la photo ci-dessous ! Toutes les lumi\u00e8res \u00e9taient allum\u00e9es. Emilie n’aime pas \u00eatre seule !<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Something important also happened in March: I decided to start a web designer course. I think that could be a good new career for me. I find this interesting and there are some areas that are quite challenging. But also, this is something I can potentially do from home or in a flexible way. I can also propose my services to small entities. But that’s for later. First, get the training done and then, we’ll see. I got the idea while talking to one of my friends who is starting her business in Hong Kong. She will need a website to sell her items and I thought: “I can help her with this”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n J\u2019ai pris une d\u00e9cision importante en mars: je me suis inscrite un cours de web design. Je pense que cela pourrait \u00eatre une bonne carri\u00e8re pour moi. Je trouve cela int\u00e9ressant et certains domaines sont assez difficiles. Mais aussi, c’est quelque chose que je peux potentiellement faire de chez moi ou de mani\u00e8re flexible. Je peux aussi proposer mes services \u00e0 de petites entreprises. Mais \u00e7a, c\u2019est pour plus tard. Tout d\u2019abord, il faut que je fasse toute la formation et ensuite, nous verrons. J’ai eu cette id\u00e9e en discutant avec une de mes amies qui monte son entreprise \u00e0 Hong Kong. Elle aura besoin d’un site Web pour vendre ses articles et je me suis dit: \u00abJe peux l’aider avec \u00e7a\u00bb.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The 18th, after getting the visas, I decided to stop at Repulse Bay and walk home through the country park. Well! It was NOT a walk in the park, but I’m proud of reaching the end! Tale here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Le 18, apr\u00e8s avoir obtenu les visas, j’ai d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de descendre du bus \u00e0 Repulse Bay et de rentrer \u00e0 pied \u00e0 travers le parc naturel. Et bien ! Ce n\u2019\u00e9tait PAS une promenade facile, mais je suis fi\u00e8re de l\u2019avoir fait ! Les d\u00e9tails ici<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dumbo has landed in Time Square \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dumbo a atterri \u00e0 Time Square<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n I went with Haeju to St Anne’s church in Stanley. She plays piano for the choir and needed to get a few music scores. I really liked this church. It is very modern and very different to its French counterparts but the light and the sobriety of the decor was perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je suis all\u00e9e avec Haeju \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9glise Sainte-Anne de Stanley. Elle joue du piano pour la chorale et avait besoin de quelques partitions. J’ai vraiment aim\u00e9 cette \u00e9glise. Elle est tr\u00e8s moderne et tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rente de ses homologues fran\u00e7aises mais la lumi\u00e8re et la sobri\u00e9t\u00e9 de la d\u00e9coration \u00e9taient parfaites.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I’ve already told you about Hong Kong love of dogs. Here is another proof of this somewhat twisted love. There was a dog show organised in Stanley at the weekend. I only went there for a few minutes. There were a lot of dogs everywhere. Stalls selling stuff for dogs and dog-owners. But most importantly, there was a competition going on where dog-owners were creating clothes for their dogs and sewing directly on the dogs. I must say I was impressed by the calm of these animals. But this is a bit crazy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je vous ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 parl\u00e9 de l’amour des chiens \u00e0 Hong Kong. Voici une autre preuve de cet amour un peu tordu. Une exposition canine a \u00e9t\u00e9 organis\u00e9e \u00e0 Stanley le dernier week-end de mars. Je n’ai fait que passer. Il y avait beaucoup de chiens partout. Des \u00e9tals vendant des choses pour les chiens et les propri\u00e9taires de chiens. Mais surtout, il y avait une comp\u00e9tition o\u00f9 les propri\u00e9taires de chiens cr\u00e9aient des v\u00eatements pour leurs chiens et cousaient directement sur ceux-ci. Je dois dire que j’ai \u00e9t\u00e9 impressionn\u00e9e par le calme de ces animaux. Mais c’est quand m\u00eame un peu fou !<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sculpture in the street<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sculpture dans la rue<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first week back after my trip to London, I was very tired. 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