h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

So you're cavorting around the east coast for the next two weeks? Pack a lot of shorts - it's hot!

thats what everyone says. i ahte shorts. i hate heat. i get terrible heat rash!

Ha! That should make you a fun date!

lucky im not a date then, isnt it?

you wont get a word more out of me

So when do you leave?

23rd...

where do you live?

Kansas City (about a thousand miles from the east coast!) but you'll be close to Batty!

kansas city...i didnt know anyone actually lived in kansas

Yup! There's me, my daughter, Dorothy and Toto! So at least four of us! Actually I think our current population for the Kansas City metropolitan area is 1,776,122.00. I believe out of the US top 100 cities ranked by populaton size we are ranked #36. (#1 being the city with the highest population) Half reside in Missouri and the other half reside in Kansas.

So I guess there are more than the four of us here in KC!
Looks like we're bigger than Birmingham, but smaller than London. A couple of our international sister cities (which should be the same approximate size I think) are Seville, Spain and Hannover, Germany.

london has about 14 million people in, so yeah, not as big as london

still its quite a big city. still really irrelevant

and i know where both hannover AND seville are

That's probably because you're so "worldly and wise" .

I, however, know that they are "over there somewhere"!

to the east...in you-rope

So what cities will you be visiting?

i have no idea. we dont have anything like an itinerary planned. charlotte...er...washington i think...thats it so far

Should be interesting!

i reckon ill find stuff to do...

Oh, I'm sure you will

thats what everyone says. cant a bloke spend £500 on a plane fair to travel half the way round the world to see this girl hes never met cos hes her friend? :-p