The Quest for a Visa

Today was the day for the trip to the Chinese consulate in San Francisco. I had eventually picked out a route that would get me there early enough. Today I'd be spending a lot of time on trains and buses. Spoiler: I did get my visa application submitted with no hitches. The rest of this behind the cut is a mostly a bunch of transit geekery that those of you who follow me on Mastodon will have already seen.

( Twelve Trips by Transit )

The consulate receipt says that I can collect my passport and visa on Thursday, so I'll change my planned schedule and take Thursday off instead of Friday, then work on Friday. In theory, I could also change my Southwest airlines ticket and fly home on Friday morning, but that would probably increase the fare basis, and I know it would incur an early-departure fee from the hotel, plus I'd have to take another day off from work, so I'll continue with Plan A and go home on Sunday morning.