A Travel Day [or] t[w]o Forget
In an attempt to cut costs, I booked a round-trip ticket from London to San Francisco, intending to change my return ticket to Europe. I learned upon my arrival in the U.S. that I would not be able to adjust my return ticket and would need to find another solution. With costs in mind, I explored many options to travel to France for my first club match on April 26. I found myself scouring websites for different routes and destinations as I now know how well everything is connected by train in France. I finally found my solution: Portland->San Francisco->London->Toulouse->Bordeaux (via train). Without fully acknowledging how long this journey would be, I made sure to give myself plenty of time for each transfer as they were all on separate reservations requiring self- transfer. Fortunately, I was able to check my bags from Portland to London, leaving me less than a few hours in San Francisco to apply for Global Entry since my first flight was delayed on the tarmac. Base...
