000 - welcome note and itinerary

may 1-5: los angeles
may 6-13: new york
may 14-20: london
may 21-june 6: germany/amsterdam/bruges/germany
june 7-21: eastern europe tour
june 22-24: budapest
june 25-august: london (working - going to wimbledon on june 29!)
aug/sept: hiring a car, seeing england/scotland/ireland, then france and spain
oct/nov: london again (working)
december: italy and switzerland
dec 24-30: christmas in south of france
dec 31: london (maybe?)
jan 3-26: japan
jan 27: home

this is subject to change, like all good itineraries. we'll fix it up as we go.