March 09, 2004

Last night stateside...

For a while this afternoon, Baldwin was showered with the biggest snowflakes I have ever seen, although unfortunately they don't look as big in the picture. In the evening I took the LIRR in to NYC to meet Jason and see the pharmacy he works at. He was nice enough to accompany me across 10th Ave. to a deli for the last New York slice of pizza I'll have for a while.

In preparation for tomorrow's departure I was doublechecking itineraries nad noticed that my return flight schedule to Madison from New York had some problems. The flights were as follows:
Depart NY - 5/30 8:30PM
Arrive Chi - 5/30 9:51PM
Depart Chi - 5/30 6:05PM
Arrive Mad - 5/30 7:00PM
I called Travelocity to explain to them that modern physics has shown it impossible for me to make that connection and was told initially that I would have to pay a minimum $80 change fee plus whatever the fare difference was. After holding for a while to find out exactly what it would cost to come home, I was disconnected as my train went underground. When I called back later on I spoke to a different customer service agent, who called the airline and smoothed things over in such a way that I can fly all the way home at no additional cost to me (besides being on the phone for over an hour).

The manager, hearing the disturbance, gives the international cry of, "It's okay, big misunderstanding, everything's fine. Except for the guy at table four, who's unconscious." Calm returns to the restaurant, and the waiter signals for a busboy to get a stretcher for table four. The busboy, however, being dyslexic, mistakenly brings table four a year's supply of radishes. Crisis averted, the customers take their seats and finish their meals.

Posted by Peter at 11:39 PM | Comments (2)

Itinerary...

I've posted an approximate itinerary here. I have some vague (and some specific) plans about where I'll be visiting in each country, but if you have any suggestions for where to go, post them in the comments section or send me an email.

Posted by Peter at 02:28 PM | Comments (1)