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Apr. 4th, 2007 03:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
benchiladaREASONS TO HATE MY BROTHER MATTHEW, CHAPTER ONE:
Says he:
"I'm going around the world.
In less than 80 days!
For less than 80 days!
I thought about Journey to the center of the earth, but that's so been done
before.
Here’s the scoop. Todd & I had these buckets full of frequent flier miles
we’ve been saving up for a “Round the World” trip. It’s one of those
rewards that I thought was a joke: “sure, you can take an around the world
trip for free. The next availability is January 5-14, 2011. Can I book
that for you?” Well, it’s for real, and we’re really doing it.
We both got about 7 weeks off work, and we should actually have our jobs
when we return. We were able to get employee rates almost everywhere
(except for some random nights here & there). Of course, this will entail
many different airlines and many different airports… including at least a
dozen I haven’t been to. How sad for me.
We’ll leave on May 6th, and our destinations will include: Prague, Munich,
Salzburg, Stockholm, Bergen (Norway), Singapore, Ko Samui (Thailand), Luang
Prabang (Laos), Honolulu, and Houston. Then a day after we return, we’ll
come up to Illinois (June 22nd or so). At that time, we will be broke, but
happy. Todd will be ready for a two-week nap. I’ll be ready to wash my
clothes & get on another airplane.
Our airports include (Sorry I have not memorized all these airport codes
yet. That is a major goal of mine, as you can imagine). I’ll try to do
them in order: Amsterdam, Prague, Stockholm, Oslo, Bergen, Paris,
Singapore, Ko Samui, Bangkok, Luang Prabang, Seoul, Tokyo, Honolulu, and
Houston. And the airlines include: Continental, KLM, CSA Czech, SAS
Scandinavian, Air France, Korea, and Northwest. How very cool.
Now I just have to get shot for typhoid, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, malaria,
and assorted cooties. Plus I have to figure out how to pack 1 backpack for
7 weeks.
I’ll come up with a website for my adventures, and blog as I go, as I am oh
so techie. Or maybe not."
Says he:
"I'm going around the world.
In less than 80 days!
For less than 80 days!
I thought about Journey to the center of the earth, but that's so been done
before.
Here’s the scoop. Todd & I had these buckets full of frequent flier miles
we’ve been saving up for a “Round the World” trip. It’s one of those
rewards that I thought was a joke: “sure, you can take an around the world
trip for free. The next availability is January 5-14, 2011. Can I book
that for you?” Well, it’s for real, and we’re really doing it.
We both got about 7 weeks off work, and we should actually have our jobs
when we return. We were able to get employee rates almost everywhere
(except for some random nights here & there). Of course, this will entail
many different airlines and many different airports… including at least a
dozen I haven’t been to. How sad for me.
We’ll leave on May 6th, and our destinations will include: Prague, Munich,
Salzburg, Stockholm, Bergen (Norway), Singapore, Ko Samui (Thailand), Luang
Prabang (Laos), Honolulu, and Houston. Then a day after we return, we’ll
come up to Illinois (June 22nd or so). At that time, we will be broke, but
happy. Todd will be ready for a two-week nap. I’ll be ready to wash my
clothes & get on another airplane.
Our airports include (Sorry I have not memorized all these airport codes
yet. That is a major goal of mine, as you can imagine). I’ll try to do
them in order: Amsterdam, Prague, Stockholm, Oslo, Bergen, Paris,
Singapore, Ko Samui, Bangkok, Luang Prabang, Seoul, Tokyo, Honolulu, and
Houston. And the airlines include: Continental, KLM, CSA Czech, SAS
Scandinavian, Air France, Korea, and Northwest. How very cool.
Now I just have to get shot for typhoid, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, malaria,
and assorted cooties. Plus I have to figure out how to pack 1 backpack for
7 weeks.
I’ll come up with a website for my adventures, and blog as I go, as I am oh
so techie. Or maybe not."
