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  Tuesday 2004-05-04 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Presents and power

Yesterday I sorted out the negatives with portraits of people I want to give a print; unfortunately the photo store is closed on Mondays. I called ahead today to find out if it still could be done this week: no problem.

I also needed a bunch of various batteries, including several spare ones for my camera: schlepping 100 films isn’t going to do much good if I run out of camera power… Batteries for my little alarm clock, too; hopefully that will make the alarm actually work again!

posted: Tuesday 2004-05-04 16:53 UTC preparations

Still passport-less

The visa agency (Amsterdam) had indicated all visa probably wouldn’t be arranged until the final week before departure; they’d call me when I could pick up the passport with them.

I’d heard nothing yet but I’m running around so much with “last-minute” shopping, they might not have been able to reach me. So I called. It turned out they were hard to reach, too: the phone was almost constantly busy, and when it wasn’t, I was immediately put on hold, treated to a tape with irritating music and some commercials, and finally had the connection broken again… When I finally got through to a human, I heard the passports were now at the Iranian embassy in the Hague: they’re always difficult with the visa and prefer to hold on to the passports until the last day before departure. Aargh! They should have them on Friday, they say; I can pick mine up in the afternoon.

posted: Tuesday 2004-05-04 16:53 UTC passport, preparations, visa