Mind the gap

We made it this far, without any sleep :( We are working on close to 30 hours without the smallest amount of sleep. We tried to sleep on the flight over to London, but the plane was about 100 degrees and I was in the middle of the middle of the plane- so needless to say there was no sleep for me. Plus British Airways has on demand movies, tv shows and music so I got to watch a bunch of movies that I have wanted to see. I got to watch my sister's keeper, which Brad would never want to see and he watched the new transformers movie some other movie that i was less than interested to see- so that worked out well!! I must say, British Airways is a pretty decent airline, Good service on the flight, ok food, free wine :)...so far so good.

We got in pretty much on time in London, so that meant that we had about 8 hours to kill so we went through customs, immigration, security checks, pat-downs, more checks, a few lines to purchase tickets to the tube and we were on our way about 90 mins after we left the plane :) another 90 mins after that we were in central london. We took the tube to Westminster and walked out of the underground station to see Big Ben right in front of us. Brad started to take a bunch of pictures utilizing his new camera skills from the classes we took! I knew that we had limited time before we had to make it back to the airport- so as he was taking pictures, I asked him (honestly..i did..but remember I had no sleep)...I had asked him, Brad- what time is it? He answered...and then I looked up and thought- duh! Big Ben is right there in front of me...could have looked at that clock...wow...pretty slow on that one! Anyway, we walked around Westminster Abbey and then hopped back on the tube to take the 90 min ride back to the airport...what an adventure. :) The tube is interesting in itself- once you learn how to navigate the multiple gates and lines that cross each other, you are fine- the recorded voice always reminds you to "mind the gap" and also reminds you what line you are on. Mind the gap means to watch your step. I forget that eventhough England speaks english, there are a few things that are just a bit different. Another example would be ordering lunch. I ordered a chicken, leek, and bacon pie. I got a pot pie with chicken, leeks and ham- not too far off from what I thought it was going to be, Brad ordered a chicken club- the server asked if he wanted crisps, or chips. Very confusing on little sleep. Crisps = Chips in the UK and Chips = Fries in the UK. He got chips.

So now we are waiting to find out what gate we are at for our flight to Cairo. We board in a couple hours and they don't post the gate until an hour before. So hopefully it isn't one that we have to take a tram to that we have to go through more security checks for. I have to admit, I am a little tired of taking my shoes off, unpacking my laptop, seperating the liquids, taking off my jacket and then reassembling it just to do it again at our next location. We are just both very excited to get there and are really tired, and perhaps a little grouchy (ok, maybe that is just me) I actually think Brad is sleeping right now...i am jealous. I wonder if I can sneak the camera out of the bag and take a picture of him...I will try and will post it if I succeed :)

That is all for now, will try to write after we get to Cairo and have had a good nights sleep.