I'm sitting here in our hotel room in London at the moment. It's 9:45 in the morning. I've been up since 8:00. I couldn't sleep, though I went to bed at 5:00am. So I decided to finally start my blog.

I've been meaning to do this for a long while. Mine won't really be about poker, however. I'm going to keep a journal of my travel experiences. I've been to many parts of the globe in the past few years and have seen and done some interesting things. Some places I've been to have changed my life. It's a shame I hadn't kept a travel blog sooner.

Tyson, Eric and I have been here in London these past few days for an online gaming conference at the Olympia Conference Centre. Eric leaves this morning, as he has a family at home to look after. Ty and I are staying a couple extra days to do some sightseeing. I've never been to the UK, so there's still quite a bit I'd like to see. The blisters on my feet may prevent me from getting around too much, though. I forgot to pack my comfy walking shoes.

I return to the States on the 31st. I will be home in L.A. for just 4 days. I leave for Costa Rica on the night of 4 February. I have no return flight from Costa Rica and no planned return date at the moment.

More on that later.


In the meantime, here I am in front of the Prime Minister's official residence, 10 Downing Street:



We'll be putting more photos of our London trip in our Photo Gallery later on.

Oh, and I would just like to say how much I hate having to ask for "still" water practically everywhere you go in Europe to get plain, thirst-quenching non-carbonated water! If you don't specify, you get sparkling water. Don't they know that carbonated water contains sodium?!?! When I'm the most desperately thirsty after a day of hiking around, I sometimes forget to specify and I find it quite annoying that I am given sparkling water which makes me even thirstier. At least they have ice here in the UK, unlike in France. It was near impossible to get ice in drinks in Paris.


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