Our plans are coming together for Pakistan. We’ve had a fun week getting the formalities out of the way. The Pakistani embassy is on the southside in Glasgow. We turned up there expecting to go in, request the visa, receive it and be on our way within about 45 minutes…. what was I thinking?? Instead we waited about 3 hours with hundreds of others before having an interview and then told to come back later that afternoon to pick up our visa if we were successful. Thankfully all the nationals that were queuing up with us were kind and extremely curious as to what we were doing there. We told our story over and over, learnt a little ‘urdu’ and generally had a good time. It was nice introduction to Pakistan. Next stop was the nurse to confirm what shots were required. Luckily for us, since we’ve been poked so often recently, travelling to Morocco and Kenya, we didn’t need any additional jabs, just a new script for malaria pills and we’re set.

Yesterday I went shopping for a Shalwar Kameez or three…. the material is so beautiful it was difficult to decide. Here in Glasgow they don’t tend to sell them off the rack (except for kids sizes) so I’m having one made to fit. Michelle’s turn will be Saturday…

Sunday is a huge day here. Football Rangers vs Celtics at 12.30pm. Rugby Scotland vs Wales at 3pm. We’re going to watch the games at the Observatory I think. Have a little brunch, drink a few beers and then no doubt wander somewhere else for dinner… so much for saving some cash!

Next week. Soup all week.