Yesterday, I took a little trip to the US Embassy in London to add pages to both Aaron's and my passport. We got new passports right before we moved to London, and since then the stamps have been piling up: we are running out of space!
So for just a few brief hours, I was back in the good old U.S. of A. Here are five interesting things about my visit:
1. They immediately divide you into two lines: American citizens and anyone else applying for a visa to visit the country. The American citizen line was WAY shorter and moved MUCH quicker.
2. They had said you couldn't bring luggage or laptops but iPads and phones were okay. I brought my iPad and bluetooth keyboard for it. As I was going through security, I learned that my bluetooth keyboard was not allowed. I had to run to a pharmacy a few blocks away to "check" it since I couldn't bring it in. That pharmacy is charging £3 for every item checked- I'm sure they are making bank! New business idea: set up a little stand outside the embassy where visitors can check their banned items. I'm calling it "Ur Stuff" (US for short).
3. Not everyone who works at the US Embassy is American. Many of them had British accents. Who knew?
4. The process was actually fairly painless (surprisingly). I was in and out of the embassy in less than two hours and that was even with my little keyboard hiccup!
5. Our new passports are HUGE. They are so thick they look like a miniature book.
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