#2 The Embassy

Friday June 20th.

On the way to the Embassy

This is the day the six of us planned to go to the Embassy. The Ghanaian Embassy is based in the Hague. We had to go to the Embassy to apply for our visa, and that is exactly what we did! All of us travelled by train from Amsterdam to the Hague. AND EVERYBODY WAS ON TIME!! You know meeting up in a group always goes wrong somewhere, but I was pleasantly surprised that it didn't.

So we arrived in the Hague and we had to use a public transportation navigation application, because we were not very prepared regarding the route. We quickly found the Embassy though!

At the Embassy

We planned our day so that we wouldn't have to wait too long for the application of our visa. Up and go! Once we got at the Embassy I greeted the receptionist, but she was not very pleased to be working or maybe her throat was a little sore or something. I didn't know which of those options it was, but it was too much of an effort for her to say "GOOD AFTERNOON". I brushed it off, but another man came at one of us very rude some time later, but I was glad to see that he had some sense of humor. That makes life so much easier. I have to say, the people working at the Embassy that day didn't impress me whatsoever, because I thought they were rude in general.

Thursday June 26th.

On the way to the Embassy

Me, my music, the train and trams. Nothing special. I didn't have my FAB 5 with me, so it was kind of lonely, but I was a woman on a mission. Picking up the passports and the visa!

At the Embassy

-Me: "Goodmorning, I am here to pick up my visa, where do I have to wait and is there anything I have to do?"
*Another receptionist: "Goodmorning ma'am, you can take place in the waiting room and you will get the passports and visa as soon as possible. You will notice!"
-Me: "That was clear. Thank you!"

This was a breath of fresh air, because I was not hoping to see the rude receptionist from the first visit. Comme ci, comme ça. Once in the waiting room there was a friendly gentleman with whom I conversed for a short period of time before the employee came to drop off the passports and the visa. The employee told me that if I needed anything I just had to call him. Everything was fine, so there was no need for me to, but it was a refreshing experience, since the first visit was kind of rough.

I left the Embassy very happy that day!