New digs!

The flat is ours! We didn't really want to broadcast and jinx ourselves with this flat. We had a little trouble getting all of the paperwork to go through with us being from the US. Apparently it is hard to get any sort of credit approval over here. But all the stress is over and hopefully we will be moving in in mid January!

We went to a pub last night called The Bricklayers Arms. It was really really good. Something really funny that happened: there was a guy with a cute border collie in the pub. Ken went to go look at the ciders they had on draft and the dog acted like he wanted to smell him, ya know how you stick your hand out and dogs usually smell you to get familiar...well the dog went bizerk! Barking, growling and showing its teeth, very scary, but quite funny after the fact. Ken didn't do anything wrong...I guess the dog didn't like Americans. Anyway, we sat by the fire and Ken and I both had the Ploughmans dinner: a hog shaped cutting board with a few slices of ham, a baguette, a few pieces of cheese (brie and cheddar), sausage, grapes, apples, a side salad and something called Branston pickle. You are gonna have to look that one up...I didn't like it. Ken did and he thought that Grandpa would, so he is bringing him back some. It is just something that he would like. Here is a picture of the table where we sat.

Today was really cold here -2Celcius! We had a good day at work. Things are coming along and going a little faster than expected. We ventured out to COSTCO and had a dinner of hot dogs on the run! All for 3 pounds!

Cheers!