Busy Travelers

I am at home in Nashville!

Last week was rough. We drove to Tegucigalpa on Monday and got there really late. Then Tuesday morning we drove around the city all morning running errands that didn't really get done. Then we rode the bus to San Pedro Sula that evening, and got into the city I think around 8. Then Maria's brother and sister picked us up and took us to their house where we waited a few hours before leaving for the airport - our plane left at 1:15 AM! So we got to the airport right before midnight, checked in, and boarded the plane. One good thing: since Maria's brother works at the airport, we had an easy check-in and ended up in first class!! We think they did him a favor, cause we did not pay for first class :) it was really nice, especially having Leyla in my lap, and having larger seats and more space to sleep better.

We got to Atlanta at 9:50 in the morning and stayed at a friend's house that day. The next day we tried to go to the Embassy to work on residency stuff for me but it turned out we didn't need the Embassy, we needed an apostille, and in TN! so Thursday night we decided to go ahead and leave for Nashville. We got here around 12:30 probably. Went to bed at 2 AM after visiting with my parents. Then, Friday morning, we got out to do our errands in Nashville...

I was told I needed to get my police report notarized, certified, and authenticated. (? seems a little overboard) So, I go to a bank to get it notarized. At EVERY branch I went to, the notary was out of town! Then when I finally found one, she couldn't notarize it because there wasn't a space for me to sign or for her to notarize (she said). I ended up going back to the police dept just to get a new one and have it notarized there (they should have notarized it the first time but didn't). Since nothing had changed, she went ahead and notarized by old one. Finally, something worked out - this was after almost 3 hours driving around :( THEN, I went to the county clerk and got it certified. THEN, I drove to the Sec. of State to get an Apostille, which basically authenticates the county clerk. I got there at 4:25, and they close at 4:30. I was so exhausted and frustrated but I ran to the 6th floor and the lady was really nice and I got it done.

After 5 hours driving around, in and out of parking, back and forth wandering around the city, I finally got my 3 little errands accomplished. It was an awful day...oh, and by the way I had left Leyla with my parents and needed to feed her and was leaking everywhere. I don't know why these things have to be so complicated! I hope now that when I get back to Honduras they don't tell me my police report needs more authenticating - seems to me it should be the most authentic document in the entire country!