January 29th, 2009
I was going down a narrow street. It had become even narrower than usual with all the snow. I stopped behind a line of cars waiting for the lights to change, thinking that I couldn’t get through between these cars and the pile of snow and the parked cars.
Then, the car at the end of the line saw me and moved slightly to the left to let me pass. I decided that that would give me enough space to get to the front of the line if I could do so before the cars started moving.
I put my full force on the pedals, getting ready to zoom by the cars. Almost immediately, I hit something hard — a side mirror of a parked car on my right side. I hit it so hard that I fell to the ground and soon enough, the car alarm started to go off. The drivers in front of and behind me started waving their heads to get a better look of the situation.
But there was nothing to see. Nothing except for me, my bike, and the parked car.
As Murakami says, “I had an important appointment to attend, so I had to miss the end of this event but I wonder if the Giant Ape successfully fixed the car with its wrench. “
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January 15th, 2009
One more pasty, two more meet-up, three more exhibitions at British Museum and the airplane flew smoothly past Iceland and Greenland back to Boston.
What a wonderful trip!
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January 14th, 2009
The spicy chickpea pasty and 1/2 pint culture must be imported into the states. When cows get stuck into special anti-exiting gutter cover, their friends get worried.
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January 13th, 2009
The cows, ponies, and sheep we saw from the Cambridge express to the other Cambridge were all peaceful. The pizza at the cow in Cambridge were half-priced today.
Cambridge is full of colleges and bikers.
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January 12th, 2009
The parliament buildings in London are full of details and Big Ben is indeed big but not the biggest. The Canonical office has many Japanese books and the food at the City restaurant was very foamy.
The Tate to Tate boat was appropriately slow and gave me a plenty of time ot wave at Big Ben again. Tate Modern was stimulating and the Millenium bridge was stable and foamy like the soup I had for lunch. The cheese at Vivat Bacchus and the pasta at the Dollar Grills and Martinies made us miss daily biking.
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January 11th, 2009
The two story buses may be slightly frightening for failblog readers and the oyster cards were not as appetizing as they sound but still quite useful. The high percentage of Asian people in the British museum made me at home and their impractical cup room stirred my imagination about to drink elegantly out of these containers. The tables at Inamo, a concept restaurant reminded me of pubs in Tokyo.
We have not turned into numbers yet.
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January 11th, 2009
The in-house painter drew our faces on his tablet and Mako revealed errors at Mama. Tasty spinach burek were sold at a small shop packed with workers and consumers and happiness.
Zagreb airport was as efficient as Beograd airport. We are still not sure how to pay for the shuttle from Luton airport. London is as Londonie as I imagined from movies but much bigger than my expectation.
Are we going to wake up in the village?
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January 9th, 2009
Our toes were frozen again today in Zagreb. 
The elevator gondola made the people inside look like they are walking down the stairs while pretending to be on an escalator. The pastry shops had many dense and tasty items and there were many pastry shops.
The sock selection seems to be quite excellent over here.
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January 8th, 2009
Beograd airport seemed very efficient. The vegetarian swedish table was worth missing a train to Zagreb. Mixing yogurt with 100% raspberry juice in apple juice helped us maintain our enthusiam for yogurt even after consuming 3L in one day. We successuly defended our room on the train by standing and making it look more crowded than it actually was. Having the exit and entry passport checkpoints right next to each other is such an unfamiliar experience.
Zagreb at 5:30AM was more lively than Boston.
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January 7th, 2009
Large and unifished St. Sava Church had many icons and people inside. 
Our toes froze even with two layers of socks and stray dogs seemed to know the warm spots on the street better than humans.
The evening was warmer than the afternoon and the arrival of snow was anticipated.
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