We are having our first meal of the day here at Chili’s in Mexico City. I customized my plate.
We leave for Madrid in 2.5 hours. It has been quite the journey to get here. And the surprises continue.
First I realized my passport was expired just days before departure. Then we got our tickets yesterday and they mispelled Yun’s name. We had to go to Aeromexico’s headquarters in Hermosillo. They were able to fix it. But then they advised us that because we only had one way tickets, we would not be able to board today. So we had to frantically get our return flight for next week. Now we return from Madrid to Bogota in Columbia.
An hour ago we were told I needed immigration paperwork (one of the disadvantages of being an illegal). So we had frantically make our way to an immigration office and get the necessary permits. Then we had to make our way to a bank to pay for the fee (as of course the immigration office couldn’t possibly handle that).
Upon returning to the gates, we were told there might be a problem getting back right away as we are on a “secure” flight and they can only let a few passengers from this flight through security at a time. We really didn’t get clarification on what the non-secured flights entail, but I’m glad we don’t have that. After a short wait, apparently we were allowed to pass through a side area.
So now we’re hoping we can actually board and get on with this trip!
* the bathtooms in this airport are absolutely disgusting.