Day 2: London

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After leaving the airport, we set off across London via the tube to find our hotel room. The tube is decidedly louder and smaller than Seoul, but a good deal less confusing than Tokyo. We still like the Seoul subway the best. Finally, we located our hotel (really, a guest house sort of thing) and knocked on the door. Two stories up a shirtless guy opens the window and asks what we want. We explained that we got stuck at the airport and were just now able to get here. He rolled his eyes and said, "Oh, so you are the people I waited up until two in the morning for?" Sad times. We tried to call the night before, but no success. Not to worry though, by the end of our stay we were quite friendly, swaping stories and even spices.

Our guest house was essentially two houses joined together, renovated to accomodate guests. It was pretty nice for the price. Had its own kitchen where we could cook our own food. The neighborhood was one of the biggest orthodox Jewish communities in England. You are walking down the street and half of the people looked exactly like they just stepped out of Fiddler on the Roof. Not even kidding. All these sweet little boys with one long curl hanging down each side of their faces, and a little cap. I hate to use the "C" word, but they were really cute.

Day two consisted of sleeping, grocery shopping and taking a stroll down town in front of Buckingham Palace. Lovely weather, lovely sights. The gardens in London are simply spectacular.

Post Script: Banking drama and thank the Lord for McDonalds

The story of our time in London would not be complete without a short explaination of how we spend our mornings, which was generally, trying to make our various banks cooperate. Basically, online banking in Korea is so secure we can't use it. Spotty internet didn't help. So here we are, unable to get to any of our Korean money, and unable to pay the movers who are shipping all our stuff home. In addition, our US bank basically tells us that transfering money from the US to Korea should be avoided if possible, since they don't just stick it in your Korean account. They hold on to it as long as they want, All of this is for the time being resolved, as a wonderful friend came to our aid (God bless you, you know who you are). The moral of this story is, the easiest way to bank is to make deposits under your mattress, and McDonalds has free internet in Europe. We've seen the inside of a lot of McDonalds. Thank you Lord for our good friends, and McDonalds. Right now, we're a little bitter at banks. Who cares if they keep your money safe and earn you interest.

The video of our room, for your viewing pleasure. I hope Ross especially enjoys the portrait video style. I've got skills man, mad numchuck skilsss.