Some random thoughts I wanted to share

We’ve been here for 6 months now, sure doesn’t seem like it. The time is flying by.

One of the things you don’t expect is the big difference in the length of days. When I arrived in January, the sun didn’t rise until about 8:30 am, and set by 3:30 pm. Now, a week from the summer solstice, it’s bright daylight before 4:00 am, and not completely dark until almost 11:00 pm.

You quickly adjust to your surroundings. According to the TV weather, some areas are still having grass frost in mid-June. We consider a day at 60F and partially sunny to e a beautiful day and try to rush outdoors. 85F is too hot and we can’t sleep.

Another adjustment. When we first arrived, we converted everything to dollars. This process made everything incredibly expensive, as the exchange ratio is 2:1, so all marked prices are doubled. Now, we pretty much think in Pounds Sterling.

Sports - I arrived just before the 6 Nations Rugby tournament. Watched a game on TV and enjoyed it, so I found a web site that explained the rules. I really dig the game now. Tough sport.

European football (soccer) though is different. Right now the Euro cup is playing. It's easy to catch some of the excitement, but then about 1 game in 3 or 4 is enjoyable. The rest are gawd awful boring.