First Day in London

Before we go to Chennai, Jenn and I are taking a week-long vacation in London. After a long flight from SeaTac, a brief layover in Iceland (where they stamped our passports even though we didn't leave the terminal), and another short flight we arrived safely in London. Through much effort and struggle, we were able to get ourselves and our many heavy bags to our hotel around 2:30pm London time (6:30am Pacific time). Even though we were exhausted, we went out to do some exploring.

We walked around London through Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square. There was a big crowed in Trafalgar Square, so we decided to take a look to see what was going on. It turns out that the crowd was out to set a world record for the most people playing one game of EA's Fifa Soccer (I mean football) games. It was up on a big screen with people handing off the controller every few seconds. The area was buzzing in anticipation of the next day's big USA/England World Cup match. Everyone was signing a giant soccer ball (I mean football) in front of The National Gallery.

We also went to Hyde Park that night to sit and relax by the water. We sat on a bench where an older Arab man came and sat with us and began to feed the ducks, geese, and pigeons. He gave us some bread so Jenn fed them too. Afterwards we walked through a garden by the end of the park with some beautiful flowers.

Finally, we made our way down to Big Ben and the Parliament building. It's always an impressive sight even when you have been up for a day and a half and are dead tired.