Both my passport and my driving licence need renewal this year –
the hurdles I face (on mainly the
former) will force me to stay put in Romania for the entire summer period….I am
amazed that British citizens are (literally) not up in arms about the
impossible (centralised) systems which have been in place for passports for the
past few years.
We are told to expect a wait of 3 months (minimum) for the delivery of
updated passports – during that period we are without a passport with emergency
passports being available (returns only) for 100 quid.
If, like me, you have changed your address almost each year and find it
impossible as a result to satisfy the requirement of notifying the driving
licence authority of changes of address, you are reduced to giving a relative’s
address.
If you are living abroad, you are told to get a driving licence from
the country of residence – with all the tribulations that involves of
presenting yourself for a test as if you were a trainee driver (instead of one
with 50 years’ experience – in 12 countries)
Now I read of the Kafla-esque experiences Brits are having with their
cars being towed away and being forced to pay
hundreds of pounds to get them back even although their road discs are entirely
up-to-date…..
This post may sound a bit Colonel Blimpish but it does indicate that IT
systems in the UK are not exactly delivering on the promising new world we had
been promised!!!!
The photograph which has been heading these posts for almost 4 months is now changed since the warm weather has at last appeared here in Sofia!!! It shows one of the sculptures which graces the park in which the Sofia City Gallery is located.
The photograph which has been heading these posts for almost 4 months is now changed since the warm weather has at last appeared here in Sofia!!! It shows one of the sculptures which graces the park in which the Sofia City Gallery is located.
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