Subject: A giant hello from London: Figures and Statistics!

Hello Everyone:

Whether you've been receiving weekly email updates or just sporadic (or otherwise scattered) thoughts about my experiences I suspisioned it might be interesting for you to read a mid-trip overview (full of statistics and highlights of my trip). So here goes:

Days Backpacking: 39
Days Studying, so far (UK): 8
Countries visited: 6
Cities Visited: 14
Places Stayed at:
Hotels: 5
Hostels: 6
Campsites: 3
Night Trains: 2
Airports/Airplanes: 2
Apartments: 1

Plane Trips: 4 (so far)
Train Trips: 12
Buses: 1
RER: 2
Metro lines and City Buses: countless...

Concerts: 5
Metallica, Lost Prophets, and Slipknot; Red Hot Chilli Peppers; Italian Concerto... others
Horse Races: 1 (Hey Tiffers!)
Laundry Trips: 3
Books Read: 4
Theaters: 3 (and still going)
Museums: 13
Churches: too many to count
Highlights: Siena Palio, Seeing Pope John Paul II at audience, Concerts (Metallica! in Paris!!), ZurichFest 2004, Versialles palace... and being cast as an extra in an Italian Soap Opera at a nightclub in Munich (random!!)

New Friends: many
Friends from (and places to stay... hah, thanks guys! You're all on this list!): 13 countries... you guys made the trip amazing!
Beers: a few
Wine: a bit
Water: a ton
Lessons: a lifetime
Regrets: none
A plan for next summer: definitely

I am in London at the moment on tea break from my finance course. I love the city and can't wait to get out to more theater. I went to Shakespeare's Globe last night and will be back this weekend.

Let me know how you all are... can't wait to hear from you!


Mike