Day 2 (Sun., Nov. 11, Roma) Hostel Allessandro Downtown The hostel gave us a double for 50 Euros a night, not bad in a city where the dollar is every day losing value and whose inflation has been checked by Germany’s central bank (as near as we can tell, in any case). The clerk took…
Day 1 (Nov. 10, travel) It started out pretty much as planned, the way most trips (even those with our lack of planning) do. We got up around 4am in order to be at the Denver airport around 5:30am for our 7am flight. The TSA decided that Berck’s passport was fake, so he demanded to…
On Monday Berck realized my flight benefits on US Airways had been activated. Since they told us those wouldn’t start until December, we were very excited, especially since Berck is free now and won’t be once he starts working full time. They’re so desperate for pilots, they’ve even canceled vacations. We decided to go to…
I don’t know if I’ll have a chance to send you guys anything before I get back to the states or not. Michael and I have been roaming about Britain for the past couple days. In spite of the fact that I now seem to be sick, we’ve had a wonderful time. We rented a…
I’m at Jim’s flat in London, and will be headed back to Somerset with Michael tomorrow morning provided all goes well. The following is a detailed, though not necessarily exciting account of the Glastonbury Pop Festival. —- Lloyd, a friend of Dad and the O’Briens, has a friend named Vince who sells food for a…