Lone France-(1) hurried trip

Lone France

1 October 2005, has never been opened its doors for me as a person who went to France, to Paris and Avignon, two cities, a lot has happened in all the way but exciting things, but also is a good trip, long a lot of experience and insight.

Key words: Paris Avignon poor buffet hiking

1. rush trip

When you know at the beginning of October 2, have a professional Conference will convene in France, then rush to write a summary, the draft have been modified.

Nearly 9 months finally determine papers are hired, you can go to the report of the meeting, the boss also agreed to provide funding to go abroad to participate in the meeting, then they may never realize that 1 month after leaving for France, followed by the Office of passports, visas and other formalities are in trouble. Before you have never been abroad, no experience, no help, so the formalities are out of yourself.

First, the passport, the still relatively smoothly.

Thought it necessary to go over there and later Wusong was informed by the post office you can get, so save a great deal. $ 30 at the post office to fill out a form, the photograph, and other things by special Passport express, two weeks after the tianyaoqiao road police station to spend $ 200 processing fee to the Passport. In addition, the unit would still have many of the procedures necessary for, and so it's almost ready, already in the middle of September.

I'm a step by step, and so everything is ready to begin consideration of visa.

Originally heard to the Schengen visa, France does not need an appointment, which is known from the 2005 in Shanghai since June of ESV Visa also need to make an appointment, it then becomes complicated. Visa requires a lot of material, and so I took a bunch of stuff arrives at the Consulate General of France Nanjing Road West, door-a long, national day to France in particular. They are booking before, finally get to the door and look at the sticker on the door, only started playing an appointment phone (France Consulate's website without notice). Phone Lady venom's told me that you were in the October 17. Pass out! I meeting times are 2 October to 7 October, the visa is to Oct. 17, itis! too cruel, and ticket I have to pay for a (since October to France, so the airlines do not to retain the seat, not the drawer is too dangerous). Discouraged me weary step back to the unit, will tell a colleague, and did not want their views and give me a chance. Learn from academic conferences can be taken care of, so I dialed the reservation hotline, to give the operator stresses again that she finally said to me at September 21, it is "at the end of having the new Vista!"

Visa, I XING hurry to the Consulate General of France, the first day of the night make to say the English preparation a bit and found useless.

Several of the visa officer inside France also have Chinese, Chinese visa officer directly to resolve the problem in Chinese, France also available in Chinese, someone to help him translate. After a long wait, finally my turn, encountered a very nice lady, material handed over, thinking that everything is ready when they have problems, lack of a residence certificate! because it is a collective account, I rarely pay attention to it, this is anxious to death, time is very nervous, but when such things. The visa officer saw me and said she can wait as long as the material handed over today on the line (now 11: 30 in the afternoon, they do not have a visa matters). I ran all the way back to the unit kuangbiao, where the police station, the residence certificate, 12: 15 back to consulates to her. The bench is not sitting, and wrong, forget the original all Chinese material needs to be translated into English. Lady very considerate people, tell me your own translation so here it is written on the side. After the ordeal, finally finished my shoes, materials complete, tell me the next week to get results.

I again went to the Consulate and a long smooth queued for later got a visa.

There are 3 day is October 1, 11 p.m. departure from Pudong, nothing. Not done international credit card, you can only go to the Bank to Exchange euro, due to the cash-buying and selling a price difference, plus the Renminbi appreciation, so finally I will not run out of the euro in exchange for RMB or defect has a little money. A trip to China, air tickets, cash, credit cards, identity, … One can rarely proved there are many other things.

Pro before, my wife helped me pick up a thing, shoes, suits, ties, … ….

Not too far, and a person went alone, the stranger, even care, I am worried that my wife is also very worried, quietly help me clean up. My wife is not sent to me and said I couldn't go out, national day, she was alone, … ….

October 1, 11 pm, so I sat on the plane of Eastern Airlines to Paris.

(Transfer to France Schengen business visa need!)

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(France short-term visa application form)

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