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REASONS 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."