Erin in Tenerife

I am so excited to write because I have all the paperwork I need for my visa application! I finally received the long awaited apostille from the Dept of State in DC on Saturday. Now, I had to translate it to Spanish to present it to the Spanish consulate. On Monday I hit the pavement to find a local translator who could give me a quick turnaround and to avoid having to send it off to an unknown agency. Many of them require that you overnight the physical documents since they are official documents. In nearby Carthage, which has a very high Hispanic population, I found a bilingual notary who could have translated it himself, if his workload would have allowed. He referred me to a woman whom he believed was a certified translator who works at the library. The woman turned out to be a college student who recently got certified, but she couldn't discuss the matter at work, so I gave her my number to call me. The next day I got a phone message from a "Pat" who got my name from