Well, the mold turned out to be worse than we had originally thought, and we've chosen to move. We now are staying at a hotel near Paddington Station, which thankfully is mold free. We decided that the mold in Willesden Green was making us feel ill, and was leaving a negative impact on our trip. Dan was very resourceful and found us a new home. We will be here for the next nine days. Our new location is larger, has a bigger kitchen, a much nicer bathroom (which includes a bathtub as well as a shower that does not cause claustrophobia!), [View Full Entry]

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Well we made it! The flight over was very long, and the seats on the plane were fairly small, making it hard to get comfortable or sleep. We had a little delay in Frankfurt which seemed at the time to be a lot longer than it actually was. Once in London we sailed easily through customs, and hopped in a cab and made our way to Willesden Green. The area seems nice, and has a very diverse population, which is fun. Our Flat. Our Flat is essentially a small detatched shed in the back garden of a row house. The shed [View Full Entry]

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Things have been pretty chaotic here in Eugene for the past week. It finally seems as though we are getting things organized. We leave on Saturday, June 18th. Dan has been busily updating some of our plans. He has been changing some of our reservations in France and Germany. Here is our itinerary as it stands right now: Sat 6/18 London Thurs 6/30 Paris Sun 7/3 Reims Tues 7/5 Trier Thurs 7/7 Munich Sun 7/10 London Fri 7/15 Betws-y-Coed, Wales Sun 7/17 London Sat 7/23 Portland It's rough, we know, but at least it gives an idea of where we will [View Full Entry]

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This is our test entry. We are still at home and about two weeks from our journey. I think we will post our itinerary here in the next few days, and then after we leave (on June 18th) we will start updating regularly. [View Full Entry]

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