10 Days to go

Can't believe we're leaving in 10 days. Today I converted some US currency to British Pounds and Euro. The exchange rate is really bad. They say London is one of the most expensive cities in the world and I'm starting to understand why. Hopefully we can get through it without spending too much.

We still only have 2 tickets to swimming. There have been a few tickets that have sold through Ebay for the same event. It's outrageous that they are going for 5 times the face value. It makes me mad that people buy them just so that they can resell them for a profit. I understand the free market system but I wish someone could develop a way to prevent that from happening. I'm still not sure what we're going to do. It may be that we'll have to wait until the last minute...which is totally opposite from my comfort zone.

The picture above is of the Lee Valley Whitewater Centre where the Canoe Slalom event will take place. It's a manmade whitewater course that should be fun to see.

By the way, I've had some panic dreams about the trip recently. In one of the dreams, Jill got sidetracked by a perfume store at the airport and I couldn't find her. The plane ended up driving down a neighborhood street with cars on the shoulder as we were waiting for her. It's so odd to wake up mad at someone even though they didn't do anything. It's totally doesn't make any sense but if we happen to go by a perfume store at one of the airports, I may need to get between Jill and the perfume.....