Well, not a drifter. A traveller.




His name is Will. He has been planning to go to Manchester England England to go to a vegetarian culinary school. However, he is from Kentucky, and the nearest British consulate is in Chicago. He had an appointment at the consulate on Thursday, so on Wednesday night, he set out on the long journey from Kentucky to Chicago.

His car broke down just north of Champaign.

And then it snowed like hell.



















So he was stranded.

He spend all day Thursday just bumming around campus. He saw an ad for a Campus Vegetarian Society event, and as he is a vegetarian chef himself, he thought it sounded like a good idea. I was, of course there. I gave him my number in case he found himself homeless for the night. He did.

So he slept on my floor.




We had great fun conversations about music and we played Set. He used my computer to try and make another appointment at the consulate:




But they were all booked up. His flight to England is on Sunday, and he doesn't have his visa yet. Ahhh!

So this morning he had dorm breakfast courtesy of my iCard:



And then went out into the snowy town. He'll be catching a bus to Chicago sometime today to try and sort out the visa stuff before he leaves for Manchester.

Good luck to you, Will! I really hope things work out for you, given the crazy circumstances. Have fun in England (or NY, wherever you end up).

posted at 1:19 PM by Alison

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