I’ve spent the last week humming to myself, sometimes I pause for a minute and smile when I realise that I’m humming “if you’re happy and you know it clap your hands” – it seems silly. A week in, a stressful week and I’m humming about being happy. It’s a new feeling – this excitement […]
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Good Morning New Zealand! Land of the long white cloud! | Migration Tales
Wow! What a journey! I’m not going to lie. I still have this feeling that I’m going to wake up and realise that I had actually been dreaming. Instead, I’m still sitting in a Home Affairs office, fast asleep because I’ve been there for hours waiting for nothing to happen. Yeah being here is weird […]
Final days in Cape Town | Migration Tales
We finally got our visas – all of them – last week Thursday! A year and two months after making the decision to leave, we are off and we leave in ten days. Ten days! I think we are somewhere on a spectrum between brave and absolutely completely insane. I think probably more insane. We’ve […]
Freaking hell, is this for real? | Migration Tales!
So after one hell of a fight with Home Affairs, we finally got my passport last week..did you see me jumping around like a crazy person with my passport? I can’t believe this fight is over! FINALLY!! In perhaps even more exciting news, my visa was also granted by Immigration New Zealand this week and […]
Meet Amy: Animal physiotherapist!
Amy and I went to high school together and then also attended The University of Cape Town at the same time so after spending lots of time with her, I can say without a doubt that this is the perfect career for this horse riding, animal loving woman! I honestly didn’t know there was such […]
When perseverance brings success!
I have been fighting what felt like a losing battle against Home Affairs for the last year! I have spent hours on the phone and thousands of Rands trying to get an error in my passport corrected. I could not understand how, through no fault of my own, this mistake could not be fixed. It […]
