Down Town

I went into town today to meet with Libby the librarian. I will be telling stories for America week in April, which is pretty awesome. We set up some more meetings to work on the Americans during WWII presentation that I will hopefully be taking to schools.

Then I went to Pilch, which is the sports store owned by Jarrold. It has finally gotten too cold for me to run in the cold weather running clothes I so cleverly bought on sale last summer. I have been making due by wearing a sweat shirt, but that hasn't been optimal. So, I got a jacket that the young man in the store assured me will keep me warm even though it's not very thick. Apparently just keeping the wind off is sufficient when you are moving around. I also got some running gloves because my hands were sweating in regular gloves and it is too cold to go without. And I got a skullcap for similar reasons, except having to do with my head instead of my hands. Coolest thing ever: the skullcap has a hole for my ponytail!

After I got home I practiced guitar for a long time. I did some work on my Wikipedia Song, because someday I'd like to make it more presentable. I wrote out the chord progressions and even looked up some chords in the book I got for Christmas. But then I realized that I haven't quite learned all the stuff I need to so I can make the song truly awesome, so it is still a work in progress.

I'm attempting falafel and couscous again tonight, but this time I bought the falafal pre-assembled. The menu:
couscous with bell pepper, onion, raisins, and seasonings
falafal balls
cucumber with houmous
olives with feta (just for me, John doesn't like olives)

Oh, and here is yesterday's fog. This is a view from the bedroom window which looks out the back of the flat.

The Neighborhood

Yesterday John and I talked to some rental agencies about renting a flat. We have an appointment to see a flat on Monday, and will be calling to make more appointments this week.

We have explored the large department store, Jarrold.

And the grocery store, Tesco.

I picked up a guide that lists things going on in town. Then I discovered they also have a website: Outline.

I've been looking through our Britain guide books and discovered this: The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Maybe they take storytellers...

We have purchased umbrellas and a power strip (so that John can plug in all the components to make Vonage work).

Today we went for a walk in the rain. You hear that it rains a lot in England, and apparently this has been an especially rainy year. So I suppose we should get used to it.

The temperature has been in the high 50s to low 60s (Fahrenheit) pretty much every day. I have discovered this is warm enough for a t-shirt if you walk for long time.

Here are some pictures of the neighborhood: