Our Final Month in Paris

It's hard to believe that it's June already and we will soon be departing Paris for good. Time seems to have sped up since the day we decided to move to Port Moresby. Everything is on track for the move. All of our paperwork has been filled out and we are just waiting for the results from our medical exams. Between blood being taken out and immunizations going in, I feel like a pin cushion. Once we've been cleared medically, our Visas can be processed. The closest embassy for Papua New Guinea is in Brussels. Lori and I won't have to travel there though because a relocation company is handling that for us. The movers are scheduled to pack up our stuff on June 26 but we still don't have an exact date on when we'll be leaving France though. It will be after the 26th but not until we have the Visas in our passports. One thing we have learned in the past 2 1/2 years is to be flexible. You can make plans, but be ready to adapt at a moment's notice.

In the meantime, we have lots of social engagements to keep us busy. We just had two sets of visitors stay with us last week. Lori's cousin and his girlfriend stayed for three nights and then friends from Calgary stayed with us the night before they flew home. Next week, Lori's mom and her aunt are coming for two weeks. We won't be in Paris for the whole time, we're going to London and Dublin while they're here. We are trying to get as many visits in with friends and family as we can because I'm pretty sure we won't see anyone in Papua New Guinea. We also have several Good-bye Dinners, Barbecues and Get Togethers with friends and co-workers in Paris. Sometimes you focus so much on where you are going, that you can forget about what you're leaving behind. Paris has been good to us and we will miss it.

By the way, I will continue to write the blog in Port Moresby. It will be nice to have new things to write about. My production has dwindled lately because our life has become so routine. I will have to change the title though because we will no longer be Two Canadians in Paris. It's probably time to change the title anyway because I have discovered another blog with the same title, but I think ours is better. ;)

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