Obamamania in London

These are the turnstiles at Paddington Train Station in London. Note the photo of Barack Obama on the third turnstile from the left. Obama's photo was everywhere in London.

The Times Newspaper in London put these ads up. There were enormous photos of Obama down in the subway stations. They have no words on them. The only way I knew it was The Times was by looking it up when I got home.

Nobody is quite sure why The Times put these ads up. They say it is to make people think. Since they put a "10" next to Obama (for 10 Downing Street, the home of the Prime Minister), I'm assuming they want to think about Obama moving on to Britain once he's served his eight years here.

I heard quite a few Obama conversations as well. When people weren't talking about Obama, they were talking about the financial crisis. It was pretty much like home, except that the Brits kept saying they were going to be "sensible" - unlike us. I think being sensible is highly overrated.