We had a great day in London yesterday. It was really super. Because of the London Marathon, it was almost impossible to move about via cab or bus so, cheered on by the entire staff of the Churchill Hyatt, we braved the underground and had it figured out in no time flat! What a great convenience. We never would have done that otherwise so we were happy to have been enlightened as to the convenience of the subway. We made our way over to the London Eye where we had a really marvelous experience seeing from horizon to horizon (it was a glitteringly beautiful day). The marathon was happening just on the other side of the river (they took a right at Parliament) and the mood in the city was festive. We hit one of the museums after that, did a lot of walking, and then flew to Dublin.

It's a rainy, cool, damp, drizzly, gray, overcast, foggy, wet day here. Welcome to Ireland! Feels just like Oregon to us, so no worries there. George is hard at work doing whatever it is he does and I'm going to hit the bricks as soon as I read up on the rogue wave that hit the Norwegian Dawn. Contrary to what I thought, the dollar is doing better against the Euro than it is against the pound (my little brain is soggy as the weather and I constantly confuse myself with respect to currency exchange (and time zones, for that matter)) so I might not feel too guilty about buying some linen. The last time we were here we had to purchase another suitcase to carry home my loot and George reminded me at breakfast this morning not to forget to stop by a luggage store for the appropriate bag for this time around too. We need to learn to bring two half-packed suitcases instead of one crammed one.