Monday we arrived in the UK! Today is Wednesday.
Since being in the UK we have had some pretty good luck weather wise. The first day was rainy but over all it has been sunny with puffy clouds. Beautiful days!!! And really long days! The sun comes up early and sets late. I didn't realize that we are higher in latitude by being here. It's really strange.
The Plane ride: was really fun! Lots of entertainment. So much so that Katie ended up watching 3 movies rather than sleeping at all. This kinda set her back on the whole time difference. It's taken a couple days to work that out.
The Hotel: we are on the base hotel which is nice. But our sponsors hotel room is way better. Apparently if you have kids you get a better room.
Being in Suffolk: So far we both like Suffolk. It's country like and really old. Way older than anything in the US. Which Katie finds really interesting. We haven't been able to leave the base since we are still waiting on ID's and paperwork to go through. So we haven't seen much of it yet but so far so good. Interesting thing is they us US $ on base and the GBP off base.
Driving: driving on the left side is tricky! Mike passed his written driving test with a 90. He is smart! Katie failed with a 72. She gets to retake the test next week. There are all kinds of different signs and lines (queues). There are 4 types of roadways in the UK. Country roads, single carriageways, double carriageways and motorways. Motorways are our US highways. Everything else is just a road. There are tons and tons of roundabouts! And mini roundabouts! And multiple mini roundabouts put together! The thing that Katie couldn't believe was that it is legal to pass a school bus when it's unloading kids but has to be done with caution.
Yoga: So far Katie attended 1 yoga class on base. It was a vinyasa flow class. She liked the teacher and was able to get some contacts to start to find some classes around the towns near the base and to find some teaching gigs too.
In general we are just waiting to get our ID's since after that we will be able to get everything done. We have a list of things we are waiting to do like banking, hospital visit, buying a car, finding a rental place, etc. It's a slow go but we are making due.
More to come!
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