Puerto Rico, Playa Del Carmen, Portugal… or Buenos Aires?
Welcome back, loyal readers, both new and returning. A warm welcome to Teri and Thom if they’re following Teaghan’s adventures. School ended mid-day and the girls came home ready for us to go to the airport. Despite our 4:30 flight departure, we needed to get to the airport early to straighten out our visas. Our flight itinerary takes us from Traverse City to Chicago to São Paulo Brazil and then finally Buenos Aires. For that, we had to have complete Brazilian visas, and United wouldn’t let us check in until they confirmed we had them. After a hearty lunch, we checked in our steamer trunk bags (and Teaghan’s modest size bag). TSA had a 0 minute wait, and they were friendly too. We boarded the plane and got notified that we were taking off 10 minutes early, even with deicing. Superior! We were off on our adventure, planning our Starbucks pickup order in Chicago on our way to our gate when everything changed. Our first clue that our ...