Goodbye, BAires—Hello, border control

My last day in Buenos Aires turned out to be quite memorable! Ado and I had planned to meet up with Laura at a park, which was closed, so we ended up at our favourite bookshop instead and spent the morning enjoying tea and chatting about books… pure bliss for a trio of book lovers 📚🤓

By lunchtime, we strolled through Palermo, enjoying the colourful neighbourhood shops, on our way to La Sanguchería. We had to go back so Laura and Mike could try the subs, and then it was time to say goodbye to these new happy customers 🤗

After that, Ado accompanied me to the airport, and the real adventure began when I wasn’t allowed to board my flight to Santiago. Turns out, connecting and transferring flights are not the same thing, and once again, I didn’t have the right visa to connect flights through Chile. How does this happen again!?!? 🆘

The ordeal dragged on for a couple of very stressful hours until I eventually canceled my rewards flight from Santiago and bought a new ticket for later that evening; this time with one airline covering the entire journey and no visa required. Thankfully, it didn’t break the bank, but Chile officially earned a spot on my “avoid at all costs” travel list since then‼️🙅🏻‍♀️

In a surprising twist, the universe had my back as my new flight came with an upgrade: premium economy to Santiago and first class to Mexico City! I seriously travelled in style for what I paid, although if I’d known I was gonna be flying first class, I might’ve dressed a little differently 😅

The delay also meant I got one last evening with my favourite people. We made homemade pizza, played board games and shared lots of laughs before the inevitable hugs and tears saying goodbye. I felt incredibly grateful for the memories I was taking with me from Argentina and the time spent with some of my closest friends❣️ but as I boarded my flight at 5am, all I could think of was sleeping! I got so lucky with such a cheap first class ticket (bed) to make this happen! ✨ 💤

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