Vice Duke

We went to Amsterdam again yesterday.
We went to the British consulate to get a "Certificate of no impediment to marriage".
This is supposed to certify that Steve is single, but what really happens is you fill out a notice of marriage and they put it outside on the wall of the Consulate for 21 days and if no-one comes forward to say they are his wife and the thing is off, then they assume you are single. Has any married person checked ever to see whether their spouse was on the wall of any of the consulates in the world ?

The second part was Steve filled out a form stating he is single and then we met the Vice consul and Steve had to place his hand on the signed document and "solemly, truthfully and sincerely swear and affirm" it was true...

The third part is you pay 128 euros...

We spent an hour and a half in there and they didn't even have tea, and they call themseves the British consulate!
We were really glad we didn't have the problems most of the other people had, like stolen or lost passports.

After we saw the Vice Duke we checked in to a nice hotel near the Leidseplein, we chilled out for a bit and then had a lovely Mexican dinner.
Today we hung out in Amsterdam for most of the day and now we are back home, a great time in AMsterdam and another thing done for the wedding :)

Miki