Have a pleasant journey down there and try to fit some shopping in.

Gillian

Haha - yeah - good luck matey!! I'll prolly text you tonight/tomorrow morning/both!! What time is it again?! I'm sure you mentioned... will check your siggie just in case

Good luck debz! Make sure you do your best to relax and have fun! You will be fine!!!

I leave this evening and medical is 10.30am tomorrow. I'll text Aly the outcome so she can post it for me. Biggest problem I can forsee is trying not to spend to much money when I hit the shops in the afternoon!!!!! I get back saturday morning!

Oh nice!! Two nights away!! I'm only gutted we are not going to be in the same place at the same time! I smell a vacation to Nebraska once we both settle in!!!

any time Aly......come and play with the 4 cats, the St. Bernard dog and laze round the pool...LOL

Ahhh - thing is after living in CA I am sure I will freeze if I went anywhere near the pool!!!

Ahh! Will update Debz info here when she texs me - she should be almost done... she was in an hour ago!!! w00t!! I am so excited for her!!

Ok - just got a text from Debz!!!



Gonna pick her brains on the vaccinations though!!

home and about to climb into bed for a couple of hours. Medical was fine, Dr really nice german guy who slammed his finger in the door on the way in and let loose a string of obcenitites, most of which were in german but not all, he then apologised and started chatting. He was very chatty all the way through. The only issue I had was with my vaccinations as apparently you need to have had your tetanus within last 10 yrs, well I had mine in 1995 and had an allergic reaction to it, I told the dr this and they said that he could still sign my vaccinations off as if you have had a reaction to a tetanus vaccination then the next time it's likely to be worse and it could be dangerous for me to have it. He has assured me it wont affect my application as I've not refused to have it, they have refused to give me it on grounds of my safety. He put a note on the vaccination record sheet and ticked the vaccinations incomplete box but then ticked the waiver due to medical grounds box. All in all not a totally unpleasant experienece. Just glad that bit is done. Just the hard part now.....interview!

edited for horrendous spelling...sorry I'm exhausted

WELL DONE debz.... did you get that overnight bus from glasgow..???? i did too...i never slept all the way home..

Glad it went well. You must be relieved to have that part over with. I was thinking, when my time comes, to try schedule medical and interview on the same day but I think it would be easier on my nerves (which are a bit raw lately ) if I do as you have. Thanks for posting your experience. Roll on 2nd Feb!

transport consisted of train there and bus back. Bus was sooooo uncomfortable. For my interview I'm travelling both ways on the Caledonian sleeper train....yey, beds on trains!!!!! Will be so much more comfortable and may actually sleep on way back....doubt I'll sleep on way there due to nerves. I located the embassy while I was there yesterday...easy to find and my first impression was that it was one of the biggest crimes against architecture I've ever seen!!!

Do you actually get any paperwork or do they send it direct to the embassy?

you only get a photocopy of the vaccination form that the Dr. signs off

Ahhh - ok so I get the vacs story here but not the funny one?!?!?!?! Glad it all went ok though - I had my tet done although am going to go back and ask for proper doctor's note for vacs - did he say that was what you needed? I just got a screen print of their database

i gave him a letter. All they asked for was vaccination record...didn't specify format