Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Here we are in Cambridge

So, we made it to Cambridge. Kelly's second suitcase just made it here this afternoon, but that was really the only snag in our travel plans. Flights went well and we caught a bus up to Cambridge and then a taxi to our house.
No pictures yet of the house, and here's why. It was a total messy dump when we got here! Apparently the string of college students that lived here before us didn't ever clean or take their stuff with them when they left. And they liked to party. So we are spending the majority of our time working our butts off throwing out crap and cleaning the place up. The nice part is that our landlady didn't know the situation before the day that we got here, so she is letting us pay very little for our first months rent. And we can keep whatever we find which so far has included a dvd player, a small tv, lots of canned food left in the cupboard, a water filter, etc. So we are deciding to call this a blessing deep in disguise and make the best of it. It's a good thing Kelly doesn't start work until the 15th!
Today we went and walked around Cambridge and made an appointment to open a bank account here so we can actually buy things and get local phones and pay the landlady and such. To our friends in SF, the english money has been SO very helpful for our first few days here!!
We will keep you updated and post pictures when the cleaning is completed.

1 comment:

C.J. and Keri said...

I can't believe you're in England! We miss you guys already, but are so thankful you're there safely. You are both loved!