The Yanks Landed

We have landed and we have been spending the last 3 days trying to get settled. Our air shipment is due to be delivered to our flat tomorrow. We are so thankful for the advice that we received about bringing bedding and towels with us. It may have been a long week with out it. One would think those would be items easy to find in such a big city but that is not true!! Kevin and I walked into our first department store yesterday to find no inventory...only catalogs and phones. We walked out of the store missing Target!!! On Tuesday, we made our first grocery store visit. We were clearly the Americans because we were the only ones with a shopping cart. Everyone else had only baskets. At first we were disappointed with the lack of selection until we realized that there was a basement to the store. After both of these shopping experiences, I wish we would have had a camera to capture the Yanks walking down the street with arms full of crap. It was the best when we bought our TV and DVD player. Kevin and I are still trying to figure out the flow of traffic on the sidewalks. We seem to always be walking on the wrong sides and running into people. Besides for all of that, we are loving our flat, the location and everything around us including the pubs and restaurants. For all of our MN friends, we do not miss the snow. Last night, we started at our local pub, The Elephant and Castle, and then walked down the street to a
wonderful Lebanese restaurant. And for the first time in our relationship Kevin agreed that I
had ordered the better meal!!

That is it for now and we will keep you posted.