An Unexpected Layover

“People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck

There are a lot of things to worry about when you’re headed off on an extended trip to a foreign country. Visas, bank transfers, insurance, packing… the list goes on. It was a pretty massive undertaking and I spent A LOT of time trying to be as prepared as I could be. As it turns out, none of the ins and outs of arranging an international move confounded me as thoroughly as San Francisco International Airport. I assumed my less than two hour layover at SFO would be a piece of cake. After the stress of getting packed, getting my life in order, and saying goodbye to my friends and family, the actual travel part was supposed to be smooth sailing. But when I landed in San Francisco, a series of small mishaps and wrong turns led to me missing my flight to Auckland.

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