It's not easy to completely re-settle a family household. Setting up house, getting utilities running, getting internet service, phone service, TV, figuring out electronics, buying almost all new electronics from scratch (different voltage - it's just not worth taking them from the US), getting kids into activities, just getting groceries or personal items can be a large task. All while navigating a new city, public transportation - WHEW!
Things are moving ahead here. No word from the schools yet. The British schools have 3 or more weeks off starting this next week for Easter/Spring Break. My friend's kids have 4 weeks off! Crazy!! They are actually going to be in MN for a few days and then in Pennsylvania or something and then Canada. We went out to see them yesterday. They have a really beautiful English cottage style home, it's gorgeous. And they are near England's most famous Botanical Gardens (Kew Gardens) which we got to go and tour with them. It was a "lovely" outing. And we all felt so at home to be with some other MN locals!
Ally has started with a swim team that will be just 1/2 mile away from our house once we move. Right now we have to take the tube from our temporary lodging to get to the pool. We will most likely move on April 21st. It will be very interesting to see how things fit into this little house. But actually, it's been fun to be here in this apartment. It's an amazing location. Still working to get Jonah into some kind of soccer team. You would think that would be easy!! Isn't England a mecca for football? We'll see what we can find....
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