Paul's Overseas Trip 1

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Last month,

Paul went on a trip.

He went to Japan and China.

There were a couple of reasons

for the trip.

One reason for the trip

was for business.

He wanted to start some restaurants

in both countries.

The other reason was

for pleasure.

Paul enjoys traveling and

he wanted(wants) to visit some friends.

Before leaving on the trip,

Paul has several problems.

First,

his passport was(is) going to expire.

As a result,

he needed to apply for a new passport.

Second,

he needed to get a visa

to enter China.

In order to apply for a visa,

he needed his new passport.

He has six weeks

to get everything done.

After apply for a new passport,

it took two weeks to get it.

Once he got the passport,

he went to Chinese consulate tuanel

and apply for the visa.

He filled out an application form

and stood in a long line.

He was surprised by

how many people

were applying for the visas.

He took more than an hour

to submit his(that) application.

He submitted his(that) application

for the visa on a Friday.

A week later,

he went back to the consulate

take up this visa.

To his surprise,

when he got there,

the consulate was closed.

The consulate was closed

because it was a Chinese holiday.

Paul was angry at himself

not check in the consulate website.

On his website,

the consulate’s schedule was posted.

There was a notice saying

the consulate would(will)

be closed that day.

As a result,

Paul had come back the next Monday.

This was because

the consulate was closed on weekends.

Finally,on monday ,

he got the visa and ready to go.