Rad Bad Nomad

Everything has been smooth sailing with this trip so far, from immunizations, saving, research, to even buying a really cheap ticket into Manchester, UK.  But this Thursday I had a curve ball thrown at me from Travelocity. I received an email saying that there was a problem with my flights and needed to contact them for details.  Of course I called right away to see what the problem was and what could be done to fix it.  I was informed that British Midlands doesn’t fly from Chicago to Manchester anymore and therefore my flight for that leg was not confirmed by the airline.  Mark, the Travelocity Agent, called British Midlands to see if there was anything they could do for me, but since they don’t fly that route anymore there wasn’t much they could do but refund my money.

So now the search for cheap flights is back on, and the date will probably be different than 30 Mar 09.  The only good thing about this is that I found out about it four months prior to my departure instead of four days.  So wish me luck in finding another cheap flight pretty soon.

One of the toughest decisions that I am faced with right now is what electronics and gear I want to have on my trip. My main concern is probably how I am going to charge everything on the road. I don’t want to have to carry a lot of extra chargers and plugs, however I’m not quite sure how to get around that yet since I’m not to electronically savvy.

ELECTRONICS

Even though I haven’t specifically bought anything for the trip, I do already have a few items that will be going with me. My Macbook Pro, which I have had for a couple years so it wont matter if it gets beat up a little more, an iPod Nano for some tunes, and my Canon Rebel Xsi to hopefully take some amazing shots.
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I did it! First stop, Manchester, United Kingdom. After searching ticket prices for about a month now, I finally found an amazing deal and couldn’t pass it up. At first I was looking to fly into London, but then quickly realized the tickets weren’t going to be any cheaper than $1200. So I started looking at other European cities to fly into. About a week ago I thought I hit the jackpot with a ticket into Copenhagen, Denmark for $590. Surely this was the cheapest ticket that I would come up with.

After pondering it all night I decided not to get the ticket and see if I could get something cheaper. As it turns out that was a great decision not to get the ticket, because just last night I found a ticket for $379.80 into Manchester, England. Once again I slept on it, but this time decided that I couldn’t let this one go. Landing on British soil 31 Mar 09, starting the first leg of my journey. Manchester, Here I come!!