hey everyone! we made it! our flight was pretty uneventful. it was really really long, and pretty difficult to sleep during, but we tried. we got to london just as scheduled, around 11:15, and made it through customs just fine. there was a little confusion as to whether or not we needed a stamp to let us work, but neither bill nor i is planning on working anywhere, so we got the one that says we're prohibited. after customs we made our way to the baggage clai...

disaster strikes!i'm trying to chronicle every moment of this trip, and boy has it started off crazy!bill lost his passport somehow. he was packing yesterday and it has disappeared off the face of the earth. we think it may have gotten thrown out somehow. so, we scrambled and made phone calls and were frantically thinking of alternative plans last night. and he was able to contact the passport people, report it lost, and explain the dire situation. they told ...