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It's been a long time since I last blogged. I talked about paying for airline seats. We did take the trip to San Miguel de Allende (Queretaro). Last post I left off where we refused to purchase seats on the plane. The trip went well, we visited friends, did some minor things to the house and pretty much loafed around. Hiking isn't on the agenda much anymore. Juan has issues with his knees, feet and legs, 50 plus years of dancing.
The heat has been really something. We should have just stayed put in SMA as it was cool and still is. I'm sure we'll be going back soon and hoping to go to some towns nearby.
Last week we flew to San Antonio. I wish we could afford to fly to all our favorite places all the time but air tickets aren't as inexpensive as they used to be. The same routine pretty much. We had reserved the parking at the airport, an Airbnb in San Antonio and a rental car which turned out to be very inexpensive. We both had concerns about immigration with some of the new checks in place. I went to the immigration office at the Monterrey airport for my exit stamp in Terminal A and there were no questions. She stamped my passport and off I went to the ticket counter where Juan was filling out his form for immigration in the U.S. Again, we hadn't purchased seats and the ticket agent sat us together.
Arriving to San Antonio, we entered immigration and he went one way and I went the other. In less than two minutes we were out the door. We headed to the Dollar rental car counter and were hoping to get a better price than what I had booked. I made an error on the first reservation and didn't realize it until two days before our departure. It turns out the rental counter where I had booked was 10 miles off the airport property and was a small electric car. What! I changed the reservation and the price was outrageous but there was no other choice. 9 p.m. at the Dollar ticket counter and the place was empty.
The customer service person immediately said as he looked up the reservation, "I can do you much better". I don't know what he did, it may have been my good looks, but he came back with seven day reservation, mid-sized car, full coverage, for a total of $121.00. After we left with the car I thought, well, we'll see when we get the final charges and sure enough, that's what it was.
Knowing San Antonio pretty well, we arrived to the Airbnb (after immigration, car rental and driving to the apartment) exactly one hour after the plane had landed. That is a record.
We picked a very good location. Museums, restaurants, and visits with friends all within 15 minute drives. I think I did pretty well with this one. Yep, a little on the expensive side but considering it was my birthday, well deserved.
I'll continue this trip soon if you're interested.
