Working on the Carte de Sejour

Thursday, September 9, 2010 Day 71

We sent our visa validation stuff off to the OFII today. Now we have to sit back and wait for them to contact us. We have no idea how long that will be. Apparently we have to have a medical check-up, but it is done at the OFII, so it is probably a pulse, blood pressure, ear and throat check or something similar. I can’t imagine that it would be too extensive. These are all necessary for us to get our carte de sejour, which is our long-stay permit to remain in France for a year.

We are working on mapping out our cardio route. I took the GPS along to map our route and check our speed, but the streets are so narrow here that it is hard to keep satellite contact while heading to the Peyrou. Once we are there, the whole area is open, so we can walk up and down the stairs and measure our progress.

We went for an afternoon walk in a new direction today. Our goal was to explore a green space on the map which looked like a park. It turned out not to be, but rather a school. On the way back we saw a street juggler. He stood in the street between the lanes of traffic when the light turned red, and juggled for coins from the cars waiting at the light. This is a lot better than having my windshield sloppily cleaned while waiting for the light to turn! I’d take this any day! We left him a Euro.

I learned of an AWG welcome-back party on Saturday, so I sent an email to the hostess, Rachel, to see if we could come. The RSVP deadline was yesterday, but I hadn’t found out about it until today. Didn’t get a reply back.