Oh airports..

SO we all know how much I love flying. Well today, I didn't have much time to sit and worry about flying, I had to sit and worry about actually getting on our flight!
As we are checking in, the lady at the counter asks us to see our itinerary because apparently there is a new rule in Costa Rica that you can NOT get into the country without having a written proof that you will be leaving the country within 90 days. Since we had booked 1-way flights because neither of us really know when we are returning (which, also, HAS to be more than 90 days since we are required to teach for 15 weeks for our credits) we had to quick figure out what we were going to do. We already know we want to go to Panama for a weekend sometime to visit and to extend our visas, so we decided to get on the internet and look up bus lines in Costa Rica and book a trip right there. THAT turned into quite the mess. There was no way to book online, all of the numbers are international and when we tried to call they hung up, and our Supervisor had really no idea what to tell us! At this point I kind of started to really worry that we weren't going to be getting on our plane (it was about 5:30ish and our flight left at 6:55). Meghan's mom somehow found a guy (Scott) that works for Continental Airlines that actually lived in Costa Rica for a year. He was trying to help us out all while trying to tell us places to visit. We could not find ANY bus and/or plane options that would get us out of the country within 90 days and back within a weekend for us to get back for teaching. After awhile Scott found a way to book us completely refundable plane tickets from San Jose to Panama City, Panama for 800 dollars! So we booked the flights, had to get the receipts, take them back to the frontier airline, RUN through security and down the hall to our gate to let our gate know that we are flying internationally and that our bags should go on the plane. Scott told us that once we get through customs in Costa Rica that all we have to do is go to the Continental Airlines desk in Costa Rica and get our refund (which I'm praying works out, otherwise we just got one EXPENSIVE trip to Panama City for a weekend). We made it to our gate about 6:35 and they were just beginning boarding, needless to say I had no time to worry about flying or getting on a plane.
The flight was alright for the most part, kinda bumpy for a bit (and we all know how I am on planes to begin with!) But landing in Denver was really cool because the sun was setting behind the mountains and it was a really pretty view!
I am currently sitting on a very comfy couch enjoying a delicious salad and cold glass of wine in hopes of tiring myself out enough that I sleep on the 4 hour plane ride down to San Jose!

I think it's safe to say that I miss everyone already! And I will try and get another blog done tomorrow after our first day in the country!