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DAY 1: MAY 29, 2002 - SAN FRANCISCO & CHICAGO, USA

Airport: San Francisco International Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport

I usually get horribly air sick and can't manage to eat anything during a flight except possibly a bread roll. However, I took some motion sickness pills and was perfectly fine. I ended up watching Count of Monte Cristo twice. The lady who
sat next to me had 6 beers and when the flight attendant asked her what she wanted for breakfast, she said another beer.


DAY 2: MAY 30, 2002 - LONDON, ENGLAND

Airport: London Heathrow
Geographic landmarks: River Thames

Tourist traps we conquered:
  1. Big Ben
  2. British Airways London Eye: The London Eye has one of the prettiest views of London, especially at night. There were fireworks in the distance, possibly from a pre-celebration of the Queen's Jubilee.
  3. Houses of Parliament
  4. Millennium Bridge
  5. Piccadilly Circus: reminds me of Time Square because of all the neon advertisementss
  6. Tower Bridge: everyone confuses this bridge with the London Bridge (the nursery rhyme one) which actually is in Lake Havasu, Arizona (it got shipped there).
  7. Westminster Abbey

Weather in London was weird, raining for 5 minutes and then stopping and then raining for some more. We met with Andrew's Pre-law Society Big Bro who was interning at a law firm for the summer. His law firm was next to this gigantic, bronze statue of a fat lady laying on her side. Anyway, Andrew took us around London, which was cool because we were completely lost and intimidated in being in Europe. Everything in London was so expensive. I like how their sandwhiches come in these neat triangular boxes.

We had dinner at this small Italian restaurant and the waiter kept on teasing
me that I was going to foot the bill because I didn't order anything. It's weird how a lot of Europeans prefer soda water so be sure to request regular water at restaurants.

London has cool subway ads; a lot were for Broadway musicals like Chicago, Les Miserables, My Fair Lady, or Lion King. You constantly hear, "Please mind the gap" when you take the Tube (Underground).

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