London Bridges Falling Down

Today was our second day in London. And by far the worst. It started with an early wake up at 8 to prepare ourselves for the day. We got ready, through on our sacks and went to the subway ( or tube as its called in london) Fortunatly the "tubes" are set up alot like they are in NYC, so I didnt have alot of trouble finding our way around. From there our GPS, affectionatly named Garmin lead us straight to our orientation at BUNAC. Thanks mom and dad!!! Its already become a nesscaity. Then it was off to london bridge to set up our banks......or so we though. Originally we had set up UK bank accounts from Canada so all we would have to do it go to HSBC and pick up our debit cards. Well, before we left only stefs was open and ready and me and christie were still waiting on ours. O well, we transferred the money before we went into Stefs account. At least we had funds in London. However when we got there, it turned out that HSBC has stefs debit card, internet stick....but no PIN NUMBER! So she cant access our funds from a debit machine. My account has been opened but no pin number or debit card. And there is no knowledge of christies account all together. Very frustrated, disappointed and angery...we sat and had some shitty cheap pasta and felt pretty dishearted. Then out of the blue... Stef (who made MVP for the day) thought of the idea to put all our funds on a pay as you go credit card till the PIN number is sent to our parents in Canada. BRILLIANT!!! so now we have a way of having funds for the next couple of weeks without carrying around a load of cash. THANK GOD!! Then we proceeded to take the "tube" to the international railway for a ticket to Paris. Well, a ticket would have been 160 euros to take tomm. But if we took the train on friday and (christie was smart enough to ask about a eurorail discount) then it would only be 65 euros. So looks like were staying in London one more day. After the long exhausting day we went and walked around oxford for awhile, got something to eat, and had a shower. Not a fun day, however we have another day in london to see the sights and maybe be able to apperciate the city. Praying for brighter days ahead.