Legally Blonde's Proceedings

I'm just back from a little over a week in Europe.  This time my trip was split between London (aka: my favorite place on earth) and Amsterdam, with a day trip to Bruges, Belgium.  I started the trip in London.  I flew out on Tuesday, July 10th and my flight was delayed due to a thunderstorm over DFW Airport.  I was flying to Iceland and then connecting to London, but unfortunately it looked like I was going to miss my connection to London.  I spent the first 7.5 hours of my trip in a bit of a panic, but once we landed in Iceland, they had actually held most of the connecting flights to elsewhere in Europe.  Whew!  That was a huge relief.  I landed in London a bit later than I had planned, but still had big plans for the day. Before I dive into my day, it ended up being a huge coincidence, but I landed in London exactly 22 years to the day that I first arrived in London. Me {July 11, 1996} My phone booth photo 22 years later! No...

On Thursday, December 21st, I caught a 7:45 train out of Vienna and headed to Budapest.  I arrived in Budapest about 10:20.   Last time I arrived in Budapest, I had a driver from the Four Seasons greet me.  The hotel had told me this would be best.  I remember thinking the train station was sketchy, but he whisked me away quickly.  This time, I just planned to take a taxi.  Boy, I had not built up the sketchiness of the Keleti Train station in my mind, it was every bit as bad as I remember.  Probably worse.   I caught a cab after fighting with a couple of cab drivers who I thought were trying to rip me off.  I think I got ripped off in the end, but was finally resigned to it after a couple refused to take me anywhere when I told them I knew they were suppose to use the meter.  One told me to "report him" and then yelled at me in Hungarian.   Anyway, I got to my hotel and they allowed me to check in early, so that was a ...