For those of you who didn't know, I'm off to Europe again. I leave tomorrow (likely after pho so if you can join us for that, that'd cool so I can say bye). This time Kristi will be going with me (woo!) See extended for details.
http://flickr.com/photos/cshell/sets/72157594563218029/So it's unlikely I'll be blogging much this time (unless I can do it from my PDA - not sure I want to type on that tiny keyboard. I will, however, be taking lots of pictures. You may or may not receive postcards, depends on if I get around to them or not.
Itinerary: We'll be in Amsterdam on Friday, and join the tour on Saturday. The tour itinerary has us going to to Amsterdam/Haarlem, Bacharach, Rothenberg, Reutte, Venice, Florence, Rome, Cinque Terre, Switzerland, Beaune and Paris. We'll spend an extra day in Paris, and then go to London for 2 days. We'll be back on Monday June 18th.
For the photos from 2005, 2003 and 2001, click the links. Here are the blogs from 2003 and 2005.
Soooo excited!!!!!
So I don't have time to do the full dissection right now, but out of curiousity, I read one of the Nigerian spam mails that I got, and had to share my favorite line. Blah, blah, blah..."To this regards, I have been directed by the board of Trustees of the Bank to notify the diseased next of kin, which I have done and found out that he has no next of kin, which means that this funds will be lost to the government, which we all know will be stolen."
Actually, the grammatical errors in this one are minimal, but given that the guy whose money you're supposed to help retrieve died in a "ship mishap", it doesn't sound like he was diseased so much as deceased. I'm kind of curious to f*ck with the spammers to see what they do/say, but don't want to spend the time. Ha, maybe the next time I'm at home sick.
FROM THE DESK OF THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT,
UNITED BANK OF AFRICA (NIG) PLC,
5 TINUNBU STREET, V/ISLAND.
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
Dear Friend,
Urgent Assistance Required.
My name is Mr.Sam Dada . I am the chief Accountant with UNITED BANK OF AFRICA (NIG) PLC, here in Nigeria. I would want to use this medium after going through your profile to seek for assistance in a business transaction which is of mutual benefit. A foreigner late Mr.David McGrath who is from United State,an Oil Merchant/ Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his death in a ship mishap on the 2nd of May 1999, who banked with us at our Bank and had a closing balance of US$21.5 Million, which the bank now expect any of his available next of kin to claim. To this regards, I have been directed by the board of Trustees of the Bank to notify the diseased next of kin, which I have done and found out that he has no next of kin, which means that this funds will be lost to the government, which we all know will be stolen. In order to avert this development I deem it fit to consult you also to present you as the late Mr.David McGrath’s Next of Kin so that the fund will be subsequently transferred and paid into your foreign account. On indicating your interest, all documents and proofs to enable you get this funds will be carefully worked out and I am assuring you a 100% risk free transaction.
You will be allowed to retain 30% of the total amount after the transaction. If this proposal is okay by you mail me as soon as possible to enable me furnish you with relevant details to this transaction.
Note: This transaction will only last us 10 working days. You are expected to forward to me Your Full Names, Contact Address, Occupation, Personal phone/ Fax number of easy communication.
Kindly contact me through this mail: (mr_sam27dada@yahoo.it)
Best regards,
Mr.Sam Dada