What a trip! I'm writing this on the flight back from Europe and am going to recap our two weeks for friends, family, and anyone on Yahoo that might be reading this for inspiration like I did with other trips. Our objective was to see the blockbuster …

After reading other journals for trips, we decided to make a trip journal for our trip to Europe. Hopefully, this will help pass the time until we can actually leave. We are scheduled to leave on November 21st and will be going to London, Paris …

Well today is the day. I can hardly believe that the day is finally here. Work is still spinning around in my head, but I can't worry now. It will be there when I get back. For now my worries are: do I have my tickets, have I confirmed all …

Yay, it was my day to go London! I took the Metro North train to work, and anxiously sat at my des, waiting to leave (lol, I did work too). I left at 1:00 pm, took the company shuttle to NYC, and proceeded to walk from 48th St. to 42nd with …

San Francisco International Airport We arrived at SFO three hours before our flight to allow time for security check. The security was strict. Our carry-on items were checked the second time at the gate before boarding. Our BA flight departed …

Nate and I arrived in London Gatwick Airport, totally jet lagged, around 11 AM. We took the Gatwick Express to Victoria Station. It was quite expensive but very convient. When we got to Victoria we took out some cash and headed to our hotel …

Or as I discovered once constrained within the aircraft - possibly coming straight back to Wellington! Auckland was apparently shrouded in fog and nothing was landing up there. The super enthusiastic flight attendant was happily telling us …

I filed my tax returns today (with today being the operative word and only two hours old). I'm getting back around $850.00 which is a huge relief. I was actually somewhat worried if I'd be able to afford this trip at all. It's too late to back …

I am pretty sure that by Friday my co-workers will want to kill me for saying, "By this time next week I will be...". And it will just get progressively worse as next week rolls by. Oh well, I'm going to London! Matt, Patrick and I will leave …

Whoo hoo! Our flights are now confirmed. We are flying out on Sat, May 10 from LAX @ 12:15pm arriving London STN @ 9:45am Sunday. We return Sun, June 15 out of Paris CDG @ 1:30pm arriving LAX @ 8:05pm. Now we can really start firming up our …