Two stories... divided... yet connected

This post has a dual-update character. For unknown reasons, Britt is unable to access internet in order to update her blog... which is strange - since she updates facebook quite regularly. For shame no?

Update on Britt:

After getting to (around) Rome, and realizing small children are the devil incarnate (one in particular), Britt has continued to plod on with being a nanny. Not much is really known about her role on my end - all I hear about is how bad the kid is. Yes, she had to climb out of second story bedroom window... apparently this girl locked the door on her and the only way to escape was to do the impossible - tie a bed sheet to something and cliff-hanger it down the side of the house. The only other substantive pieces of information I have gotten from her are that she "misses me so so so so much" and that "pedro wants (me) to use his Honda 600cc Hornet bike when (I) get to Rome"... Stay tuned.

Update on Steve:

After eating my banana at the patisserie (?), I met up with Tesh Pantel - cool guy and london-ite extraordinaire. Meeting this guy made me realize just how uneducated and, as a consequence, unprepared I am for this journey of journeys. I made the mistake of calling people here European, attempted to pay for my battered fish and chips with euros, asked random people if they often said "cheerio", "wanker" and "sod" and, finally, laughed off jetlag completely ignorant to the fact that i would wake up 14 hours later as a result of it and, subsequently, miss my train. Now I'm sitting in St. Pancreas, waiting for the 1731 train to Paris after having paid a 15 pound change fee. Boo-urns. Hopefully it won't take me too long to find my way from Gare du Nord to Craig's place...

Some lessons learned:
- always set your alarm clock
- O2 appears to be the best carrier in the UK for int'l roaming rates - 10 p a text while I'm abroad to other abroad numbers!
- do not expect too many people to care about you.
- the pub is cheaper in London than almost anything else.
- THINK before spending any money - you never know.
- and i'm late again... shoot.... see you guys!