july 20-29 leading up to the trip

July 20

Received my приглшение (invitation) in the mail finally (4 weeks late). Unfortunately it has the wrong passport number. Also, rechecked the rush fee to find that, instead of 80€ it is in fact 205€. Uh oh.

July 22

Hand in my visa application. Miraculously, application accepted, pick-up date set for the 29th, only paid 97€. Three miracles in one day! Two other applicants arrived to pick up missing visas. Hmmm... Ecstatic but still a little worried.

July 29

I picked up my visa!!!!!

Saying goodbye to Madrid was a little harder than I thought it would be. Having extra time to think about things never helps. I had a real Spanish sendoff with some Spanish friends of Marianne´s friend Annalise. Lots of cañas and jamón. Made a calzone, took a long, hot shower, went to bed at 2.

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