Getting married - the legalized docs for NL have arrived

Parallel to our certificate of residence surprise yesterday, San's birth certificate and statement of civil status were picked up at the Dutch Consulate in São Paulo. Completely in line with the whole process, picking up the docs was not something that went along an smooth path. What happened yesterday in São Paulo, I don't know, but it was busy down there. The metro was out of order. Busses were running, but taking a lot more time to cover their routes than usually. And on top of that, it also appeared that all Paulistos were on the road at the exact moment that San's Sis had to leave her house to go to the consulate. 180 km of traffic jams in the city alone. It was impossible to use the roads, even by taxi. Waiting till the next opening day of the Consulate was maybe an option, but then we had to wait until Monday. And we waited enough already. So we called upon Sis' creativity. And, she managed. By calling around and making use of other people's lunch break, she found opportunities to pick up the documents.

Ha! I'm really glad that networking works.

The legalized documents are now on their way to Macedonia by express, registered and insured mail.