Arriving at the G20

The day has arrived, when leaders representing the world's 20 most powerful economies will solve the world economy's problems between lunch and tea time in a single day.

On the second bus from the media accreditation and security site to the ExCel Center, a journalist for a Saudi newspaper gave me his frank assessment of the Summit, as seen through the Arab perspective, especially given that the ExCel convention center in London is owned by the same company as Emirates.

"The world's problems will be saved all in a building that is owned by the Saudis," he smirked.

Ok, so time to figure out how this media circus works. I couldn't find a workstation with a plugin because, well, I'm a bit low on the totem pole. So I'm using the free wireless and hope to grab some free food in a bit. Most of the press conferences are accessible to pool photographers and reporters, so I hopefully will at least get to sit in on the final press conference at the end of the day.