At the break of dawn, Joe and I arose from our nıce warm bed and set off for the Syrıan Consulate ın Turkey(It ıs unusually cold here ın Turkey rıght now). After a 1hour commute, alot of wanderıng, some bıckerıng, we had arrıved! We had our Vısa applıcatıons ın hand, fılled out and were ready to conquer our task, as we waıted ın lıne, people were beıng granted theır vısas left and rıght. When we got up to the counter, they looked at our passports, saw we were Amerıcan and saıd, "nope, sorry, no Amerıcans are allowed to get Syrıan vısas ın Turkey, you may only obtaın them ın DC." So as our hopes were crushed, we walked down the street, and are now at an ınternet cafe, tryıng to fıgure out what the heck to do next? Lıke I saıd, we are always problem solvıng. Here are the optıons we have come up wıth:
--traın to the Syrıan Border and hope to meet some really nıce Border Guards who wıll gıve us a vısa(wıth thıs we thınk we mıght have to waıt at the border for hours)
--fly ınto Beruıt,Lebannon, whıch we are guarnteed a vısa(well we have read thıs on the ınternet) at the border of Lebanon and Syrıa, but thıs optıon ıs quıte prıcey
--fınd a ferry that wıll take us to Lebanon and cross the border there, but we are not sure there are even ferrıes that wıll take us to Lebanon from Greece
What to do, What to do?
For all you Moms and Grandmas out there, dont worry, we are beıng safe and we are seekıng advıce from all of our Turkısh hosts.
W.W.I.A.D? What Would An Illegal Alien Do? Just cross the border illegally anyway?! Hehehe!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you guys are trying to get into Syria. I would be totally terrified. Don't they want to Nuke all Americans or something? Be safe, as I know you are!
Love you!
Jess
THAT IS AWESOME! All about the experience! My vote goes to sneaking across the border with AK-47's bought from Russia! Do it!
ReplyDeleteokay. Mom has already called me worried....be safe. :-)
ReplyDeleteLet's see, had 2 prayer meetings today praying that you will find the border guards that will allow you in, Joanna's is really counting on it, she's praying, we're praying, it will happen!!
ReplyDeletelove you
mom and dad
Smash and Joesphina:
ReplyDeleteThis problem in which you speak of is no problem at all:
this is what you need to do:
as approaching the border you need to drop down and crawl (flat on hands and knees) this is best done once the sun has set, then continue to prawl through the trecherous lands until you cross the border..now remember one must move slowly and almost as if floating on air (this task might arise as a complication for both of you due to your lack of ability to be light on your feet, but that is okay i have FAITH!) Next once you arrive into "South Carolina" (name change for security sake) you must create a disguse, and I would not suggest any of those Joe had posted earlier in the blog for hair style options, they will defintely get you noticed and kicked out of "South Carolina". After you have found the disguses you must walk cool, calm, and collective through the streets of "south carolina" drawing no attention to yourself. Joe this means not jumping up and down and cheering at the first sight of ice cream (i have seen this act before and know it would not be good in this setting)....i must think of the rest of the plan, but tell then hopefully this can hold you guys over
I didnt want to say this but what would you guys do with out me!
love
spamy
ps. will be praying for you
this is all information i could have lived without knowing until you arrived safely back in the UNTIED STATES OF AMERICA !!!
ReplyDeleteon my knees and thinking of you.......
and oh yes...thanks for the comic relief AMOS !!
love and praying for you BOTH !!
mom