Kelly and I went to Hoofddorp to apply for our Dutch residency. We got it! Well, we got the sticker in our passports while we wait for the cards to come in. This is my first picture as a legal resident. Totally different than all the rest, right? I know, but still, Kelly and I had to celebrate.
So we took a picture of us two together in fron of the steps leading up to the big, glorified MVD office. We had to take a number and everything, but it went so smoothly. Definitely put our American style process to shame. I won't mention, though, the stack of 50 papers that the lawyer office put together for us so all we had to do was show up, hand them the papers, and pay. Pretty easy on our ends!
So to properly celebrate, we went to this little restauraunt not far from work. Richard (our boss) took us there during our first week but we haven't been back. They have an amazing chicken sandwhich that Kelly was craving and I wasn't going to stand in the way of great food so we set off to search for it. We ended up taking 3 different exits trying to see which one looked familiar enough, and guess what? It was the 3rd exit (and closest to work, I might add). So we go in, thinking we are so sly and proud of our selves for finding it. Granted it was lunch time and we didn't do anything too wrong, we could have eaten at a faster place and come back to work a bit sooner. That didn't sound so good though. We came up with a plan, if anyone asked, we just ate while "on our way back." Right at the time our celebratory brownie and ice cream came (AMAZING!) in walks Richard. Next door to the shop is a ski shop and he wanted to get some things for his up coming family trip. We got busted! He just stopped by and said "hello" and was off again. Kelly and I just started laughing, of all the odds....and I had thought these very thoughts when we got there but didn't want to say anything for fear of jinxing us! Can't win them all! Maybe next time we'll be a bit sneakier......
Kelly and I went to Hoofddorp to apply for our Dutch residency. We got it! Well, we got the sticker in our passports while we wait for the cards to come in. This is my first picture as a legal resident. Totally different than all the rest, right? I know, but still, Kelly and I had to celebrate.
So we took a picture of us two together in fron of the steps leading up to the big, glorified MVD office. We had to take a number and everything, but it went so smoothly. Definitely put our American style process to shame. I won't mention, though, the stack of 50 papers that the lawyer office put together for us so all we had to do was show up, hand them the papers, and pay. Pretty easy on our ends!
So to properly celebrate, we went to this little restauraunt not far from work. Richard (our boss) took us there during our first week but we haven't been back. They have an amazing chicken sandwhich that Kelly was craving and I wasn't going to stand in the way of great food so we set off to search for it. We ended up taking 3 different exits trying to see which one looked familiar enough, and guess what? It was the 3rd exit (and closest to work, I might add). So we go in, thinking we are so sly and proud of our selves for finding it. Granted it was lunch time and we didn't do anything too wrong, we could have eaten at a faster place and come back to work a bit sooner. That didn't sound so good though. We came up with a plan, if anyone asked, we just ate while "on our way back." Right at the time our celebratory brownie and ice cream came (AMAZING!) in walks Richard. Next door to the shop is a ski shop and he wanted to get some things for his up coming family trip. We got busted! He just stopped by and said "hello" and was off again. Kelly and I just started laughing, of all the odds....and I had thought these very thoughts when we got there but didn't want to say anything for fear of jinxing us! Can't win them all! Maybe next time we'll be a bit sneakier......
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