Moving Day

Well, temporary moving day. We are leaving the enclave of Chorlton-cum-Hardy for an apartment hotel in the city center for five days before we take possession of our new apartment on Sunday. Can't-Freaking-Wait. It will be really nice to get settled in and get to know the heart of the city rather than the toes of the city.

I haven't been up to much....just sort of waiting to move and getting mad at blogs that disappeared. One thing I did find, is the best movie of the year. Hands Down. It's a short, but man did it ever put my life into purrspective. Have a look....

Pretty good huh? I even learned how to embed videos in my blog. How exciting! Who needs Facebook?

I've noticed more and more the small things that make the UK and Canada different. It's not like when you go to Morocco and see that everything is different (except for fart jokes), but it's way more subtle. I still haven't gotten used to responding to 'You alright mate?' from shopkeepers. I always say, "Yes. I am fine and how are you?" when the proper English response is just to start with my own query like 'How much is this mobile phone' or 'one stamp please'.

I really like the way they string the electrical wires. It's a communal pole then they run about eight houses off of it rather than having a whole line of them down the street. It looks way cooler. I don't know if it is more efficient, but I like the look it gives to each group of houses.

Yes, that is blue sky you see too. We had one sunny day. You could clearly see all the trash in the streets that day. It was lovely.

I also like the street lights. They sure don't light up the street, but look a lot better than the gigantic ones we have at home. I don't have a pic, but they really illuminate the fog up nicely when it's foggy.

There is a lot of moss here. I'm still shocked at the little amount of rain we have received so far, but yikes, is this town still mossy. I haven't fallen yet, but don't think it will hurt too much when it happens because there is padding everywhere. I will get wet and dirty, but won't have a sore hip.

This is just a quick pic from downtown. Much of d/t looks like this. I am very excited to explore around it some more. Our new place is a half block outside an area called the Northern Quarter, which really doesn't make that much sense because the d/t isn't blocked into quarters. It is north though. I'll take a bunch of pics once we move in and post them.....well, maybe not a bunch. More like two and that should cover all the rooms. It's pretty tiny.

Well, back to cleaning house and getting ready for the big haul.

Later,
CC

Fishing news....I started looking up fishing in Wales and Scotland. Looks great for Brown Trout and Atlantic Salmon! The bad news....it's costs around 20 poundies a day to fish on a river and an additional 75 poundies to get a licence for the year! You also have to book in advance. Boo. The weird thing is the best Brown Trout fishing is at night, so you book a slot from 10 pm to 4 am. That may lead to some hazardous casting....