Contacts of your friends in Europe

Many of you have mentioned you have friends in Europe that I should look up while I'm traveling through. This is the place to post those. Please make sure you leave your name and how you know them and I'll try to look up people as I travel through.

I finally got my luggage!

After a month of research and a trip to LA's largest luggage store I think I found the perfect luggage. Boy, was this salesman happy to see me coming. Too bad he really was the worst salesman ever. No matter how many times I kept telling him I just want the lightest luggage available, he was much more worried about the zipper quality.

So I now have my new laptop, camera, passport and luggage. I'm ready to take on the world.