Day 14 - It's Here!!!11
Apr. 21st, 2008 08:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tanithryudoMom started calling the embassy starting at 8:30 (when they open) to get updates on our passports. No one picked up the phone. So she started calling them every 10 minutes or so, using all 4 phone extensions on the card we had for the embassy offices. Still no response. AU are can say is the service at the embassy either sucks, or they are busy with something - current political climate maybe?
Finally, when I checked our email again after lunch I finally saw the notifications for picking up our passports. The email timestamps were around 11:57 and I saw the emails around 12:20. We hurried to the Wuxi train station and managed to catch the 1:10 train to Shanghai, arriving at around 2:30. We got to the embassy at about 3 and were able to pickup the passports without any problems. Then we hurried back to the train station in hopes of catching the 3:45 train.
While we did make it before the boarding time, there weren't any seats left for the 3:45 动车 and had to make do with the next available one at 5:30. We spent the intervening 2 hours looking around the shops near the train station. Bought some clothing, hairpieces, and ornaments.
Now were back to Nanjing. Next step is of course getting the exit VISA Hopefully that will take only a day (best case scenario) and not five (worst case).
Finally, when I checked our email again after lunch I finally saw the notifications for picking up our passports. The email timestamps were around 11:57 and I saw the emails around 12:20. We hurried to the Wuxi train station and managed to catch the 1:10 train to Shanghai, arriving at around 2:30. We got to the embassy at about 3 and were able to pickup the passports without any problems. Then we hurried back to the train station in hopes of catching the 3:45 train.
While we did make it before the boarding time, there weren't any seats left for the 3:45 动车 and had to make do with the next available one at 5:30. We spent the intervening 2 hours looking around the shops near the train station. Bought some clothing, hairpieces, and ornaments.
Now were back to Nanjing. Next step is of course getting the exit VISA Hopefully that will take only a day (best case scenario) and not five (worst case).
