Our first day in the UK involved getting to our apartment, having everyone take a 2 hour nap, and picking up the rental car we drove until Rolls-Royce had our car ready from their fleet. For those of you who (unlike me) appreciate cars, this is a BMW S318. I didn't realize how deceptively large the trunk space was until we returned it and started driving our Golf. I don't think this is a big car by UK standards, but it was definitely on the larger end of what Kristine and I felt comfortable driving on the roads here.
Jetlag meant a late start to the second day. We had a bunch of errands to run in Derby City Center. When we walked back to the parking garage to get the car at around 4 pm, this was the view of the sunset. Not bad, especially considering we'd just barely escaped a snowstorm in the US, and the folks we'd met on landing were all apologizing for the rainy English weather.
Monday morning we dropped Elise off at school, and then took Charis and Clare out to the playground at Staunton Harold Reservoir. They were thrilled to be able to run around and play. The reservoir is only a few minutes from our house in Melbourne. I expect we'll be there regularly.
Monday evening after picking Elise up, we did a grocery / uniform run at Sainsburys. Kristine was focused on important things like figuring out how to read content in food packaging labels, and which food on the shelves looked close enough to what we eat in the US that we could get the girls to eat it. I on the other hand was busy enjoying the plurality of options for buying Marmite.
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