bound for glory

[reddiablo 0]

Will be on VIA @ 9-30 am in the morning.

all aboard, will listen to a few woody guthrie tunes on my xm portable.

reckon I am all set for fri morning interview , not feeling anxious at all.

really relishing my last weekend in a lovely city that I feel a bit attached to.

my grandad was sweeping snow there in 1908, it was too cold for him,

so he returned to manchester england and ended up in WW 1.

his sister my great aunt stayed and was tragically and possibly the first

canadian death of WW2 , great aunt Martha heard that ww2 had been declared,

she was visiting relatives in manchester.

she got a ticket on the FIRST SHIP out of liverpool

it was torpdoed off north ireland on day one of ww2.

there was a lot of bad feeling between canada and germany because the casualties were

mainly women and kids. MY DADS cousins never forgave the german people.

war eh now its lebanon our canadian people are running from.

so will enjoy saying adieu to a city long associated with my family.

will give a review when I get back to toronto mon eve,

off to see the brides family in s dakota on wednesday next

then I get a birthday weekend in deadwood black hills.next friday.

deadwood is the finest series I have ever seen on tv thxs HBO.

LATERS RED

ps will be alone , jules is with her dad who is not too well in s dakota.

I have loads of photos ,emails and phone records reckon thats enuff.

[stephiejoyce 0]

Good luck Red. I am sure everything will go smoothly.

And thanks for your interesting history info. You have a lot of unique family history!

Stephanie

[blahblah 0]

good luck, red - i'm sure it'll be a breeze...

your family history is so interesting; thanks for sharing it with us.

hope your father-in-law gets well soon.

we'll be looking forward to your update on monday.

[Buttons 0]

Good Luck !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep us posted.

[reddiablo 0]

Good Luck !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep us posted.

CHEERS GUYS

just starting out , thxs for your support.

yeah bit of a wandering star above mine and family.

was rambling a little yesterday ,getting prepared and thinking

it was six years ago to the day that my brother was killed in a

traffic catastrophe while travelling on his beloved greek island of Crete.

spoke to his Cretan friends yesterday, jules and myself were there

at this time last year.

his spirit is always filling the wind in my sails,

and I know that he and my parents would approve of jules and this move ..

hard to believe its just 6 and half years since the new millenium began.

I was in-----------------montreal that night.

lots of events have shaped ours and of course my life since then.

yammas roger

[MDighe 0]

Good Luck Red, You 'll be just fine..I enjoyed your bit of family history there..

Michelle

[reddiablo 0]

red

just pulled into bellville station

not

a good journey got a misery guts next to moi.

no room for laptop and a cup of cafe noir

tried for a seat change but full here in via 1

out on town 2 nite in ilde montreal

mates a via casey jones engineer

will give him some grief arf

wanker never even sent me the pass

aghhhh well hope the hotel is still ok

and tomorrow morning of course

right now listening to bbc radio on www

hope lunch ok paid 3 bills for this journey.

all the besties

red

[incanada1234 0]

Good luck, red! You'll do fine

[Cygnet 0]

Good luck, red! Keep us posted. Hope you'll enjoy your stay in Montreal.

[jen&darcy 0]

Good Luck!

[reddiablo 0]

Well well

piece of cake apart from miserable female who opened the door.

was 2 nd in line had a small fabric portfolio which the e mail frm consulate said was fine to bring.

not for this individual.

lucky it was a freebie from work and not my nike Manchester United lap top bag

which I opted to leave at hotel

which btw is top class, the rooms are fabulous and club 701 in the hotel place de armes

is montreals chic place to be and be seen

soorry red is a old fart now. arf

so digressing last night walked from hotel to rue alex----

took 10 mins at fast pace.

so this adorable security 'LADY' not IMHO

made me loose my advantage of behind # 2 in first line

had to dump my bag in garbage bin on the bld rene levesque.

cos she said if it was left on street it was security risk

###### it just a small fabric bag.

anyhow after getting back in .Red pulled a flanking move ,

sat on the bloody front row and was # 2 in elevator so got c2

great advise from all you veterans vjrs thxs guys

hat a good swift interview.

discussed montreal and the hotel where I am billeted.

bet he thinks I am flush staying for 4 nights

lucky me having the manager has a mate.

anyhow I desperately want to get to s dakota asap

its really sad that jules could not be here cos she too enjoys

olde montreal etc etc.

but its good that she is with her dad while he is not feeling so great.

asked the interviewer if it was possible to expedite my visa today on family compassion .

because I do want to get to sioux falls asap to see 'PEETE" AND HIS LOVELY DAUGHTER

jULES is amazed that there was little questioning, also told her that i wore usa soccer shirt

gotta run mates here for lunch

red d

[MDighe 0]

CONGRATS

Well well

piece of cake apart from miserable female who opened the door.

was 2 nd in line had a small fabric portfolio which the e mail frm consulate said was fine to bring.

not for this individual.

lucky it was a freebie from work and not my nike Manchester United lap top bag

which I opted to leave at hotel

which btw is top class, the rooms are fabulous and club 701 in the hotel place de armes

is montreals chic place to be and be seen

soorry red is a old fart now. arf

so digressing last night walked from hotel to rue alex----

took 10 mins at fast pace.

so this adorable security 'LADY' not IMHO

made me loose my advantage of behind # 2 in first line

had to dump my bag in garbage bin on the bld rene levesque.

cos she said if it was left on street it was security risk

###### it just a small fabric bag.

anyhow after getting back in .Red pulled a flanking move ,

sat on the bloody front row and was # 2 in elevator so got c2

great advise from all you veterans vjrs thxs guys

hat a good swift interview.

discussed montreal and the hotel where I am billeted.

bet he thinks I am flush staying for 4 nights

lucky me having the manager has a mate.

anyhow I desperately want to get to s dakota asap

its really sad that jules could not be here cos she too enjoys

olde montreal etc etc.

but its good that she is with her dad while he is not feeling so great.

asked the interviewer if it was possible to expedite my visa today on family compassion .

because I do want to get to sioux falls asap to see 'PEETE" AND HIS LOVELY DAUGHTER

jULES is amazed that there was little questioning, also told her that i wore usa soccer shirt

gotta run mates here for lunch

red d

[Cygnet 0]

Congratulations, red!

[incanada1234 0]

Congrats; told ya it was easy

[blahblah 0]

congrats, red! are they going to expedite the visa issuance?