Saturday, June 10, 2006

Ben's European Adventure

Finally, I have posted some photos from my amazing adventure after my friend's bachelor party in Las Vegas. The trip saw me go from Vegas to the Hoover Dam to southern Utah and back to Vegas, then through Toronto en route to London, and from London to Luxembourg and Brussels before returning to London on my way back to Boston, via Toronto. A collection of photos is available here.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/voyager9270/album?.dir=/4bbdre2

Vital statistics from my trip:
Departed home: 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 27th
Returned home: 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 4th
American States visited (counting layovers): Seven (NH, IL, CO, NV, AZ, UT, MA)
Countries visited: Six (U.S., Canada, U.K., Luxembourg, Belgium, France)
Different beds slept in: Five, plus one airplane seat
Time zone changes (counting layovers): Ten (Eastern to Central to Mountain to Pacific to Mountain to Pacific to Eastern to British to Central European to British to Eastern)
Flight segments: Eight (MHT-ORD-DEN-LAS, LAS-YYZ-LHR, LCY-LUX, LHR-YYZ-BOS)
Airlines used: Three or five, depending on how you count (United Express-GoJet, United, Ted, Air Canada, VLM)
Types of aircraft used: Six (Bombardier CRJ-700, Boeing 757, Airbus 320, Boeing 767, Fokker 50, Airbus 319)
Miles flown:
12,161
Passport stamps obtained: Six (Canada x2, United Kingdom x2, Luxembourg, Belgium)
Different train lines used: Six (London Undergound, Belgian Rail, Brussels Metro, Brussels tram, Eurostar, Heathrow Express)
Shows watched: Three (The Price Is Right Stage Show, We Will Rock You, Titus Andronicus)
Miles walked: No idea, but a ton
Gambling winnings: $250
Airfare to Las Vegas: $249
Hours before my new job started that I returned home: Fourteen
States that I have now visited: 30 (MA, NH, ME, RI, CT, VT, NY, NJ, DE, PA, MD, VA, WV, NC, GA, FL, OH, MI, IL, TN, LA, TX, MO, CO, AZ, UT, NV, CA, OR, WA)
Countries that I have now visited: 28 (USA, CAN, MEX, ARG, BRA, URU, GBR, ISL, ESP, FRA, BEL, NED, LUX, SUI, LIE, AUT, SVK, HUN, ITA, VAT, GER, GRE, ISR, JOR, EGY, TUR, JPN, NZL)
Passport Pages now filled: 17 1/2

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