Yesterday I had both the longest and shortest flights of my life. Manchester to London was fine - over really quickly and we got sandwiches and drinks for free! The London-Newark, however, seemed to last a lifetime. I do not fly well, and especially the end part (splitting headache and the roots of my teeth randomly hurting) wasn't much fun. Then we had to go through immigration and that was an equally lovely experience. The guy asked so many questions - and when I said I'd given up my job to go travelling he definitely wasn't impressed. Not sure what difference it makes - if I was here I couldn't be working and earning any more money anyway! We then got an airbus-monorail-esque vehicle to a random carpark, then there was an airport shuttle to the
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