
Quite surprisingly,the recent 'G20'emergency meeting held in London,seems to have been a success! These kind of meetings are often called 'talking shops'in the press. Moreover,they usually seem to achieve very little! However,it seems that this time things may have been different. The next few months will hopefully start to tell us if any 'real'progress was actually made. One thing is for sure:the world economy is in an awful mess... Today's picture was taken on Wednesday at the 'あらたまの湯'.