Our Separated Adventures
Looks like Pedro and Savannah will be taking this adventure separately. Despite checking on the return label tracking every hour, it has not made any progress. I will not have my passport and visa in time for the flight. So Pedro and I accepted the inevitable and starting changing the plans for him to go solo. Whenever my passport arrives, I'll book my flight to join him. Delta made this exceptionally easy. Since the pandemic, they have made "main cabin" tickets and above completely changeable and transferable via eCredits. I canceled my flight and got my value back via eCredit, which is what I'll use to rebook my flight whenever my passport comes in. Pedro called the hotel we had in Glasgow to switch the reservation to his name, minus one adult.
Since we're going separately, we had to divide the money as well. He needs enough to put a deposit on an apartment if he finds one, so he'll get the bulk. (Side note, seeing Pedro trying to shove the money brick of £7K into his money belt was hilarious.) We split our leftover US dollars, and some Euros I had, and He gave me about £200. I'll have lunch money for every stop.
Next up, since he is still flying tomorrow, the weigh in! His mom and I were skeptical he'd fit everything in his bags and be under the 70lb international weight limit. At the first weigh in, he was at 82! Both were overweight. We did some weight redistribution, and realized he was not fitting everything in. A pair of shoes and some of his clothes will have to be shoved in my bags. The rest will have to be shipped later. We get one free checked bag (under 50lbs). So we have to pay $100 for the 2nd bag, and $100 each for the overweight fees, for a total of $300. At this point, we're barely flinching at price tags.
Since we're going separately, we had to divide the money as well. He needs enough to put a deposit on an apartment if he finds one, so he'll get the bulk. (Side note, seeing Pedro trying to shove the money brick of £7K into his money belt was hilarious.) We split our leftover US dollars, and some Euros I had, and He gave me about £200. I'll have lunch money for every stop.
Next up, since he is still flying tomorrow, the weigh in! His mom and I were skeptical he'd fit everything in his bags and be under the 70lb international weight limit. At the first weigh in, he was at 82! Both were overweight. We did some weight redistribution, and realized he was not fitting everything in. A pair of shoes and some of his clothes will have to be shoved in my bags. The rest will have to be shipped later. We get one free checked bag (under 50lbs). So we have to pay $100 for the 2nd bag, and $100 each for the overweight fees, for a total of $300. At this point, we're barely flinching at price tags.
