When I filed for a renewal passport on September 9th, I was given an estimate of 3 - 4 weeks. And it seems to be true!
After filing the paperwork and paying the fee at our Consulate's office, I was sent to the DHL office in Centro to arrange (pay for) secure delivery. They gave me a Waybill number for my trouble.
And although their website has always shown 'We don't have a record of this number,' it finally reflected a shipment to San Miguel yesterday. Repeated visits to the website has shown its progress from Ecatepec (a large suburb of Mexico City) through leaving Mexico City's hub at half-past midnight early this morning. Not sure if it will stop off in Celaya on its way to SMA, but the Consulate's estimate if proving correct.
Once I have the document in my hands, we'll be ready for our next trip to Orlando and a week-long cruise November 1st! That and 25 pesos will get me a small cappuccino and two rollies at the Mega coffee bar next door!
ADDED - And I do have the new passport in hand! Followed its track through Celaya and on to SMA, then zipped downtown (okay, walked downtown), stood in line, and picked it up! I think the clerk was surprised that I was there so soon after it was delivered.
In other news, our cruise line (Disney, of course) has posted shore excursions for one of our B2B2B cruises next May. Not sure why they chose the middle cruise (Northern European Capitals) to put up first, but that's what popped up on their website yesterday. We've picked out likely suspects, though we can't book them until the end of January. A lot more choices than the private tour company we were looking at (Swan Lake in St Petersburg - with or without a backstage visit, anyone?) and a bit more pricey, but still reasonable. More time at the attractions and options, and less time on a tour bus, it seems.
We're thinking a tour of Tallinn, Estonia with a concert of medieval music and lunch; a visit to Holy Blood Cathedral (with an interior visit, versus walking past it) and a canal boat trip through St Petersburg; a combination Land & Sea tour in Helsinki; and a tour of Stockholm including a visit to the Vasa, a warship which sunk in 1628 on its inaugural voyage which has since been reclaimed and is on display. We're still undecided about the Swan Lake performance in St Petersburg (the ship remains in port until nearly midnight to accommodate this, but it's so late!) and/or the visit to an Ice Bar in Stockholm. If the timing works out, a tour to the Ice Bar may win out....
Can't wait to see what they have in mind for the fjords and the Transatlantic crossing!
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