Booooorn in the USA

Posted on July 4, 2007 by Steltek.
Categories: Life, the Universe and Everything.
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OK OK, I’m not born in the USA, and me singing the refrain of that song isn’t likely to bring much joy to anybody either, but I’m bound to spend a few months in the US for work and I guess this is the ideal time to resurrect my little test blog here and waste some time writing about my trip.

We start off with the flight: Leaving from Luxembourg, I only had a standard security check to undergo and then was off to the UK in an Embraer ERJ-145. Arrival in London wasn’t very spectacular either: Get off the plane, follow the lanes labeled ‘connecting flights’, past some security people who were constantly shouting ‘only one carry-on bag for passengers’ right to a huge waiting line for another security check. Spent a little time waiting there and admiring the instructions video on the flat screens (couldn’t they at least have put on some sports event or a movie?) and, once I had passed this hurdle, headed for the United Airlines check in. (more…)

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