Smoooooth

Because she has to leave for her return journey to the UK first thing tomorrow morning and because Ryanair wouldn't let her onto the plane without proper ID, after a few phone calls, Gill went off to the British Consulate in Montpellier to collect her emergency passport. She had to take along about 90 euros and two photographs and, after about 30 minutes, she was issued with a passport. The passport was a very official looking A4 sized piece of paper valid for one journey only and which would be taken from her when she landed in the UK. Obviously some checking had been going on behind the scenes because it contained bits of information that had not been supplied by Gill. All very efficient and not too stressful. With that piece of paper and her police report she went to her local bank branch and they helped her withdraw some cash. Quite impressive!