Help needed for a couple of good people stuck in Germany

[pegkerr]

I learned of this from upstart_crow:

yuki_onna and justbeast got married on 11/1 and were traveling to Russia for a honeymoon. And then a ton of shit happened which you can read about here with an update here.

A summary: Expedia, through whom they booked their flight, told them they didn't need visas to get into Russia, and were mightily wrong about that. They are now refusing to help Cat and Dmitri. So they're now stuck in Frankfurt, Germany with no money.

Here's a Facebook page detailing how you can scream at Expedia

upstart_crow adds that if you want to send a Paypal donation, send it to snowwhiteunbound@ yahoo dot com.

Edited to add: Cat has been writing a novel online, a book-within-a-book titled Fairyland, or The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In a Ship Of Her Own Making. This novel is being updated each week, and there is an opportunity for you to donate at that link. yuki_onni says she'd prefer if people donate there.

The latest chapter is up now. With tip jar.


Help Catherynne M. Valente
adoptingcat

(And I add that this would be a splendid way for you to decrease some worldsuck today.)

Edited to add: upstart_crow added: I just checked Cat's twitter feed and it seems that as of now, she and Dmitri have their visas and are going on to Russia tomorrow, as today's a holiday in Frankfurt and they can't leave for reasons I don't entirely grasp, but probably don't grasp because I'm exhausted, depressed and overworked. :)

What I did today to make the world a better place: Sent a small donation to help two stuck honeymooners get out of Germany