Monday, April 6, 2009

Renewing my Visa

Every 3 months I have to leave the country for a minimum of 72 hours in order to renew my visa in Costa Rica. If I don't, I become an illegal alien - not something I want. I don't think other governments are as friendly to illegal immigrants as the U.S. government is.

I was originally thinking about taking the bus to Nicaragua or Honduras, which would be kind of scary to do alone and involve long hours on buses. Then for fun I checked flights to places where my family is located. I checked Atlanta first... way too expensive, sorry Dresdows. Then Chicago, Milwaukee, Baltimore, and finally, Denver. Who would've thought that flights from San Jose to Denver for Easter would start at $67 each way? That's as much as my bus to Honduras would cost.

Well there ya go folks. After many online server errors and then spending an hour on the phone to straighten everything out, I have a super cheap trip to Denver from April 8-15 and I get to spend Easter with family - Larry, Kathy, Kevin, Anna, Tim, Patty, Noah, Kyle! Ha! I can't even believe I'll be stateside in two days, looking at snow-covered mountains instead of palm trees.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Yea! Have a happy Easter, Julie!

Laura Ann. said...

That's awesome!! I wish you were able to visit me, but I'm glad you'll be able to visit someone. Have a splendid Easter! I love you!

Barb and Bob said...

I'm sad. I'm glad. I'm jealous.
I'm envious. I'm happy for you and them. I think that about covers it.

Katie B said...

That's so exciting! Have a happy Easter!