January 12, 2008

• Welcome to Cambridge!
  
  I apologize for not posting sooner. I am feeling very jet lagged and useless. But, for those of you who have been eagerly awaiting a picture or two, here you go!
  
  Here’s the happy family at Dulles Airport with our 29 pieces of luggage. (Somehow, I miscounted and TGD miscounted and we wound up having to pay $150 to ship an extra piece of luggage. Ooops.  One gets two checked bags and two carry-ons.  Seven times four does equal twenty-eight.)
  
  

  

  
  
  The flight was uneventful, though turbulent at times. I was praising God for Bonine as I get horribly motion sick in planes, backseats of cars, and rafts in the pool.  I really wanted to watch Stardust on the free TV/movie thing, but I was so exhausted from three days of very little sleep that I had to snooze.  The kids took full advantage and watched videos the whole trip.

  We arrived at Heathrow at 6:15 a.m with all our luggage. We had a scare, though. Immigration wasn’t sure they wanted to let TGD into the country.  Could TGD get in without a work Visa even though we were told he didn’t need one?  Forty minutes later (and several children asleep on a bench), we got into England. 

  The bus ride from Heathrow to Cambridge was a wild time. (not) I packed seven muffins from Wegmans (a little last taste of home), and we ate them. Then, zzzzzz….
  
  

  
  

  
  
  Here’s our new front door with Little Miss and LibbyK to greet you.
  
  

  
  

  
  
  Here’s a shot LibbyK took of the living room.  (I’ll get more of the house later.)
  
  

  
  

  
  
  A little “look-forward-to” for Ghosty–the curtain in the upstairs bathroom.
  
  

  
  
  

  
  The second floor is TGD and my bedroom. (The bottom is the study of the man who owns the house.)
  
  

  
  

  
  
  This is the part of the yard–oh, I mean “the meadow”–that is not full of bulbs coming up. It’s where the kids can play.
  
  

  
  

  
  
  Here’s the gate we need to keep latched so that “charging cows” don’t wander into the garden.
  
  

  
  

  
  
  The side of the house.  Just imagine what this place will look like when it’s not January!
  
  

  
  
  

  
  And, two shots of Cambridge.  It didn’t even rain today! Well, it’s raining now, but it’s not day, being almost 11:00 p.m. and all.
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
  I want to apologize for not keeping up (or even attempting to read) your entries.  I am sure I will return to “full speed” sometime in the next week and can think beyond eating, sleeping, and purchasing food for our bare cupboards.  I’d love to answer any questions you have or take pictures of whatever you’d like.  Hopefully, I’ll be more entertaining with observations when my brain fits into the proper time zone.

  
            

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