I just booked my ticket to come over to America. Boom! I'm flying into Vegas to stay with my friend Vanessa on April 16th, then heading to Petaluma to stay with Noel/peten2toms for a week or so around the 22nd ish. After that I haven't planned what I'm doing yet. I'll be around until mid-May as two of my friends are getting married and I have to be back for it (selfish bastards).

I've sacrificed the stag do in order to make sure I had ample time in America. This disappoints me greatly as the last stag do I went to was last June in Bristol and it was truly epic. This one is undoubtedly going to be more epic, and I won't be a part of it. I text the bride and the groom separately this morning to see if either of them were planning on jilting the other one because then I'd do the stag do and not have to worry about getting back for the wedding. Unfortunately they both seem set on going through with it though.

I'm not sure what I'll be doing from the end of April to the middle of May. I'll hopefully be visiting Jason/LuckySOB in Lake Havasu, AZ. He has a boat on a lake, and a wife who makes a mean Margherita. To fill in the rest of the gaps I'm not sure what I'll do yet. I might go somewhere with John/PuddlePirate on FT if he's up for it. He's doing way better than me though and I think my jealousy might result in his death if I don't improve before then.

Either way, I can't wait to get out there again!

On the Europe trip, it looks like it'll be France or Italy. I'm pushing hard for Italy - I just need to come up with a good place to go. We require the following things - sun, maybe sea, culture, good dining, fine coffee, ice cold beer.