I have a place! and December trip

Great news! I finally heard back from the Accommodations Office at King's and now have a place to stay: King's College Hall, Champion Hill (street), London, SE5 8AN, England. Unfortunately, it's about the furthest residence hall from the Strand campus of all the ones offered. On the other hand, it's also the unofficial "international hall" which means, like Saket, I'll get to live with students from all over the world. It's also a catered hall, so I won't have to cook all my meals, just most of them (and even that will vary depending on how many vegetarian options I find. I know, pizza is always a choice, but not more than two meals in a row...) As soon as I send in my "damages deposit" which is refundable at the end of the semester, assuming I don't trash the place, the room will be mine! It's a single on a co-ed hall with shared bath which is fine. The hall has been around for over a century but is apparently, and fortunately, wired for internet access (a girl I met at UNC who was there last year said King's College Hall wasn't wired at the time, but a recent brochure on their site says otherwise). As soon as I work out my luggage plans, finish packing, cleaning up my dorm room and home room, and finally take all my exams, I'll really be ready to go. We've finalized our travel plans and gotten all our hotels booked and such. Our "21st Triplet Birthday European Extravaganza" will proceed as follows:
17 Dec: Sachi and I leave RDU for London
18 Dec: Sachi and I arrive in London and leave for Amsterdam where we meet up with Saket and stay the night.
19-20 Dec: Amsterdam and day trip to The Hague.
21-22 Dec: Brussels
23-25 Dec: Paris and Normandy
26 Dec: Geneva
27-28 Dec: Zurich and birthday (28th)!!
29-30 Dec: Munich
31 Dec: Sachi and I fly back to London, Saket flies to Lund to check out
3 Jan: Saket flies home to Raleigh
5 Jan: Sachi flies home to Raleigh while I have day 1 of orientation at King's

From there, those two are home and I'm on my own! I promise we'll take loads of pictures and send you postcards as often as we remember to. You only turn 21 once, so you might as well do a good job of it. I figured toasting each other with champagne in the Swiss Alps (or thereabout) may not be such a bad way of going about it...No parents on this trip, but that's probably for the best as the three of us may not see as much of each other in the upcoming years as we always have. Although undergraduate college did not do much to separate us, I have a feeling graduate school really will. Saket and Sachi, here's to you!

That's all for now. Cheers!