TODAY: Aug. 29 in London

Aug. 29 - Does this city ever sleep?

CURRENT UPDATE:  We arrived yesterday from Marsta, Sweden.  We spent the past month in Sweden and Norway because we were able to get our Schengen Visa extended.  YEAH!  We had met my 4th cousins and they went to the embassy with us and with many hours of waiting in lines and a few days of waiting for the card to come in the mail, we got the month extension. (Family Extension).   Our 90 days had come due because you're not allowed to spend more than 90 days in the Schengen countries withing 180 days time.  Our time doesn't re-set until the middle of September, so in order to spend more time with my "new Swedish cousins", and to see Norway and Sweden, we paid our $300 and did all the paperwork necessary.

So here we are in England, Scotland, and Ireland for 3 weeks...they are in the European Union, but are not part of the Schengen agreement.  We will be madly traveling and seeing all that we can in these three countries, so I will try to keep catching up on our blog, but it may be a bit difficult.  Last night, for instance, we walked the streets of London on a tour called "Ghosts, Gaslight, and Guinness" -scary stories....ooohhh! By the time we took three underground subways and walked 15 minutes back to the flat we are staying, it was almost midnight.  Tonight we are going to try and see "Lion King" - so excited!  So...when to find time to write on the blog and still find time to sleep?  Pretty crazy!

At least you know we're still alive and enjoying our 200 days couch surfing through Europe.  AND...remember from our June 24th entry, we have to spend time requesting and responding to couch-surfing hosts trying to line up places to stay.  That's a full-time job in itself.  SO...if you know of anyone in the Derby area (place where my other ancestors came from), please let me know.  THANKS!

Day 101 - Salzburg (Part 2) blog post will be coming soon.   Love to all my family and friends.  Feel free to communicate through here or my email.  I'd love to hear from you.

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