June 26, 2010: The Journey Begins

Since I leave today, I think I should start packing.  Nothing like a little last minute packing before leaving for a five week adventure.  Once that was done and the appropriate emails sent out it was time to head out, and it's not even 4am.  Arriving at lambert at 430pm I made my way straight through security, amazingly there was no one in line.  I hope this turns out to be a good sign, unlike the India trip.  The flight to Chicago was a quick one, even landed 15 minute early.  The flight was pretty empty too, just a smal group of girls returning home from and EF trip.  Since I had so much time, I thought I would stop for a burrito at burrito hut, with a name like that how could I pass it up.  When I got to the gate, there was a 777 waiting, I was quite happy not to have one of the really little transatlantic pond hopper planes.  While waiting for boarding to start, I continued reading "Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life".  Once on the plane, I found my seat in the very back, which given my five hour layover in London, and the ability to recline without taking someones extremely limited space, I was happy to be in the back.  The movie selection was decent, but "When in Rome" cut out half way through.  Still enough to make me miss Rome though.  After the movie cut out, I opted for a little sleep since I still had a lot of travel ahead of me.