Sometime we are pleasantly surprised!

8 August 2006

Today, Craig and I went to the sous-prefecture in Albertville to re-register our camping car, now that we are Official Residents of Savoie (this is sort of like moving between states in the US).

We arrived at the sous-prefecture at 11:20, because, of course, they are closed from noon to 2:00.

I was worried that:

1. We wouldn't have the correct documentation


2. We would be required to make a bunch of photocopies


3. The application would cost about 300 Euros


4. It would be impossible to complete in one day, and would require coming back in a week

All of these fears are justified, given our past experiences with the French bureaucracy!

However, we were super-surprised, and managed to complete the transaction (with no photocopies!) in under 20 minutes! And it was FREE! We were out of the sous-prefecture by 11:40.

Travel update: it is no longer too hot. But to counteract all of the sunshine we had, we've been having a bit of rain. Here is a photo of the Col du Grand St. Bernard. It was snowing when we crossed it. (Yes, we visited the dogs up there, but sorry, no photos!)

We leave Savoie (hopefully) in the next few days. Destination GREECE! (With lots to see on the way.)

-SK
a Albertville (free wi-fi at McDonald's)

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