Settling in

Continuing to get settled in. Maddie has a new scooter. We upgraded from the plastic, three-wheeled model that she had far outgrown to the two-wheeled steel model. Now she just whizzes around the sidewalks of London. No more whining about walking when she can scooter.

Have to call our maintenance company today. We think they didn't fix the leak that happened earlier this summer correctly as we have found some water marks on the ceiling above the stairs. Our landlord in Duesseldorf, who had lived in London for several years, told us we would enjoy it immensely, but to expect plumbing problems. Guess he knows of what he speaks.

This has been such an easier transition than the German move--not just because of the language. This time we have all of our stuff and all of our basic services (I include Internet access as "basic"). When we got to Germany, we didn't have furniture, phone or even lights for more than a few weeks. Of course, the fact that we moved here from another European country, rather than from the States, helped make this transition easier.

The Olympic coverage has been interesting. Lots of sailing and indoor cycling. Also, we noticed that in US reports the United States is number one in medals, but in British reports, China is first. GB ranks by number of gold medals and China is indeed far ahead in that one, but the US counts in total medals. Wonder if the US always counts that way, or if we just count which ever way puts us first?