Cleveland

Well, Cross THAT One Off the List

Whew!  Plane tickets purchased for Cleveland/New York, New York/Brussels, Munich/Moscow and Helsinki/Los Angeles. 

Hotel reservations secured in New York, Brussels, Paris (!), Berlin, Munich, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Helsinki.

Good news!  I had enough frequent flyer miles for the flights from Brussels to Vilnius and from Vilnius to Berlin!

It’s a huge relief to have this much on the Done list.

You may notice there’s still some gaps in there.  A certain amount of the travel is on my dime, so I still need to book the following:

Europe Trip Arrangements That Still Need to be Made

Train from Berlin to Munich

Train from Moscow to St. Petersburg

Ferry/Bus/Train from St. Petersburg to Tallinn

Hotel in Tallinn

Hotel in Vilnius

Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki

I simply cannot believe my good fortune that I get to go to all these interesting places in the next couple of months.  I’m sooooooo lucky.  I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas.

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My evil friend Sara has introduced me to a Cleveland restaurant that’s worth going off my diet for.  It’s called Melt, and there are a couple of them in the Cleveland area.  They serve the most amazing, naughty sandwiches accompanied by ridiculous french fries.  We’ve gone there twice in the three weeks I’ve been here.  It’s good that I’m leaving soon.