Cheers Mates!

I have made my journey across the pond. Here are a few quick updates:

Val and I realized when we got to Chicago that we were on seperate flights. Long story short, I got on her flight and was bumped up to business class so I could sit next to her. The American Airlines lady was really nice and had to pull some strings to get me on the flight, then bumped up me. We had all the champagne and wine we wanted, along with our 4 course dinner. I sat next to an interesting fellow. He was grilling me about college b/c his daughter is a year younger than me. He worked for DeBeers diamonds and lives in Chile, but travels everywhere around the world.

We got to London and met up with Val's friend Evan. He dropped us off at his (extremely nice) flat and went to work, and then we rode the double-decker bus around London. We saw a lot in a really short time. After work, Evan and his friend took us to this pub for dinner. I was sad because they didn't have fish and chips, and that's what I wanted for dinner. Evan was a really great host and I hope that was the first of many new friends I will make on this trip!

Now I am Amsterdam, and we walked around for a long time all day. We visited the Anne Frank museum, which was great. We had Dutch pancakes for dinner. They were kind of like a combination between crepes and pancakes. I had tomatos, spinach and goat cheese in mine. Delicious! Amsterdam is really beautiful. The streets are lined with canals and everyone rides bikes.

That's all for now!