crystal's capers

Greetings from Great Britian

• It's not as rainy as I thought - so far we've had about half nice sunny days and half rainy cloudy days. Not too bad.
• I don't know if I'll ever know my way around; driving is scary, and I've recently become aware of the woes of car-sickness - round-abouts are the devil.
• OMG, how does anyone afford to live here!?! I knew the UK would be expensive, but I had no idea!!! The equivalent of $11 CN for four little chicken breasts! Or 2 salmon steaks for $12 CN, at HALF PRICE! City tax is going to cost us about 1250 Pounds per year; that's like $230 CN per month, for garbage pick-up!! Ahhhh! I tell ya, those garbage men better not fuss about picking up our moving boxes. Don't even get me started on what we're paying in rent.
• On the other hand, seat sales on flights to Canada will cost us, at certain times, about 100 quid, one way. That's like less than 2 tanks of gas (current gas prices are at about $3.10 CN per litre).
• Mmmm... Indian food. Enough said.
• People seem nice, so far. At least those we've met from Riccardo's new work. Actually, we've been invited to a BBQ at the home of his new boss this weekend... ooooOOooh!

I should have more frequent access to the Internet soon, so please mail if you have questions or gossip. I'd love to hear the what's-what in your lives. Stay tuned to your inboxes for our new phone number.

Love yas!