Shanghai Bob

I flew from Boston to London on the last leg of my round-the-world ticket on January 19th, my sister’s birthday and the day before Barack Obama’s inauguration.  Bruce posted a plaintive comment on my Facebook status:  ”But, but…we’re just starting to get our act together!”  It did make me think — everyone is so optimistic, I may have to head back home to the US after this trip is over (assuming he lives up to expectations!).

Manny is putting me up in his pad in Covent Garden again, and I’m looking forward to seeing friends from work, though unfortunately a slew of layoffs were announced at my old firm last week.

I need to pronounce a verdict on the round-the-world ticket as I promised.  In the end…worth it.  I only made two changes (to extend my stay in Germany and to fly to Missoula instead of Billings), and the cost to do that was minimal.  I used every leg of the ticket and could not have done it nearly as cheaply or conveniently by buying individual pieces.

This entry was posted on Monday, January 19th, 2009 at 11:53 pm and is filed under travel.