Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 20:37:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Last trip email, and not from Europe
Howdy,
The flight from London to Chicago was 3.5 hours late due to heavy snowfall in
London... which meant not only did i miss the connecting flight to san
francisco, i missed ALL connecting flights to all cities in bay area for the
night. Which means i'm now in lovely warm Chicago (50 degrees temperature
here... amazing! thats probably warmer than san jose right now!)
The airline put me up in a hotel close to the airpot -- suite with king size
bed! That's where i am right now - typing this email from my hotel room.
they've got internet access through the tv here (with a wirelss keyboard) for a
surprisingly low fee...
its now almost 5 am in london and i didn't sleep any on the flight over here,
but i'm still wide awake... dunno why! i've been awake for the last 22 hours
now!
well, i'll be back tomorrow afternoon -- reaching back at SFO 11:30 AM.
funny, this trip has been fantastic, but almost every "travel" portion of the
trip (flights, trains, buses, taxis, metros, etc) all had some kinds of
problems! but,... no regrets here! its been a great experience, and i can't
wait to go back again! maybe next time i'll go to germany, austria and
switzerland..
Auf weidersehn,
-me.