From across the pond...

Well it seems its been awhile since I actually wrote anything on here. It's been busy! We spent three days in London with Eli an amazing friend who let us crash on an air mattress at his place and he made us a home cooked meal! Something we were missing very much! We had two of the very best tour guides our first day, thanks to Maddy and Eli again! We did a lot of walking and we visited all the main tourist type places in London. It's hard to explain how amazing the buildings are, the details in everything are unbelievable and knowing it was all done by hand is pretty cool. The next day, after Maddy's amazing ninja skills woke us up, we started out with the plan to go see a few museums. We made it to one, the British Museum of National History which was really cool. Lots of different animal skeletons and creepy crawly bugs. After that we decided to skip the museums and we took a stroll through Hyde Park which was really pretty. It was kind of funny to see people swimming in the water there, I will never again say its dirty at our beach! I didn't meet the queen (sorry dad) but I would say it was a successful trip! We took the train in and we travelled around on the tube many times. Once we came back to Reading it was amazing how much it felt like home, especially compared to London, it's so busy there!! We finally signed all the paper and we now have a home! So we have spent the last couple of days getting everything sorted out and getting dishes and towels and all the other fun things you need everyday.

Jeff went to school for the first time yesterday just to get the lay of the land. He'll be teaching 6 classes total a year 7,8,9, 2 year 10's, and a year 11 all English. He has his first classes today, just a short day for a half hour with the year 7's the new ones! Tomorrow he has his first full day of teaching with all his students! We shall keep you posted on how that goes!

We are starting to get settled and its starting to feel a little more comfortable. I've even rode the bus all by myself and I had to switch buses to get where I was going! (This is a very proud moment for me since I still get lost in Sarnia!)

Anyway I think that is all for now, Jeff will keep you posted on his teaching

We are missing everyone from home! 

Love Kate 

Trip to London

St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel

St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel

St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel

Exterior of the Natural History Museum

A cool church

St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel

Victoria and Albert Museum

Giant Sloth

Brontosaurus

Inside the Natural History Museum

A cool church

and again.

Kate and an Elephant Leg 

Interior of the Natural History Museum

Panorama of Hyde Park

Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain

Another section of Diana's fountain

Bridge at Hyde Park

Platform 1 at Paddington Station

A handsome man at Paddington Station

Us at the (huge) door to St. Paul's

The front of St. Paul's Cathedral

Statue near St. Paul's Cathedral

Statue in Paddington Station

St Paul's

Panorama of the Thames from Millennium Bridge

St. Paul's Cathedral from the Millennium Bridge

Writing on the Monument

More writing on the Monument

Tower of London

Tower of London

The entrance to Tower of London

London Bridge

Us near London Bridge

Big Ben up close

... and from afar

Westminster Abbey

Again...

And a third time...

Building we thought was cool.

Blessing on the wall of Westminster Abbey

Monument to the women who served in WWII

The always quiet Trafalgar Square.

Fountain at Trafalgar Square... the water was cold!

Trip to Wokingham

The Gates of Tudor Place

See!

 

 They let us in!!!!!!!!!!

A Bench in Wokingham.

A British Phonebooth!

Wokingham Town Centre

Wokingham Town Centre 2

Wokingham Town Centre 3

Cool Sky

Cool Sky Part 2