July 6, 2003

• . . .ola xangaland. . .the hotel does have an internet cafe of sorts. . .so i am here but at £8/hr. this can get expensive (1£ = $1.88!). . .so here is a copy of the email i just sent to family & friends. . .fyi:

  
  

  aloha people!
  (please forward to everyone i forgot since sending only to email addresses i have off the top of my head!)
  
  sending this email from "fabulous" hilton birmingham metropole. . .this trip totally reminded me of the time i went from washington d.c. to kansas city to dallas/fortworth to denver to l.a. to honolulu. . .anyways, longass trip but shopping at the toronto airport was fun (canada so cheap! but that airport really needs airconditioning!!!). . .but england is a totally different story. . .the customs line at heathrow on a sunday no less was horrendous!. . .and totally got lost and screwed over cause i bought the heathrow express to euston station rail ticket online but the lady at the ticket counter gave me a ticket only to paddington and of course - was that a major confusion. . .anyways took the stinky london underground (reminded me of the muni? lol!) to euston and after i did "left luggage" wandered over to king's crossing and tavistock garden, etc. . .inneresting that london is. . .but then came the major delayed again yucky virgin train to birmingham international (certainly NOT the nice bart or metro!). . .1 1/2 hours turned into 2 1/2 hours. . .oh well. . .and so after 20 hours of traveling and checking in at the "allright" accomodations, ordered room service and crashed at 5:30pm sunday. . .of course woke up at 12mid now monday. . .and just finished a pint of guiness in the lobby lounge. . .
  
  okay - sorry for the rambling. . .still jet-lagged and exhausted but did want to let you all know i survived. . .and that since my palm pilot is out and i totally forgot to print labels before i left. . .you will not be receiving postcards from the united kingdom. . .but will bring some back and send them from lalaland. . .lol. . .
  
  okay - laters and wish me luck at the next couple of institute of fundraising convention days. . .incidentally, the "scenery" is great and i don't mean the buildings !
  
  mahalos much,
  pedro juan.
  
  
  

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