Bringing Elegance to Complexity

It was so amazing to finally arrive in Dundee with Elizabeth. It was a great relief to finally reap the benefits of many months of preparation and have everything work so smoothly.

My first of many adventures with UK culture was attempting to get an Internet connection. ADSL and Cable were both out because our flat isn’t in a connected area (we can’t even get Cable TV, but I don’t miss it at all); luckily I know about ISDN and managed to, after close to 5 hours on the phone with various people, track down the division of BT that does residential ISDN. The line was installed on April 8th and everything worked perfectly. The major differences I’ve noticed so far culturally have been:

On the other hand, the UK has much better:

• Music

  European’s play the best music. Classical is as likely as cutting edge dance, trance or techno in a restaurant. Country music?!? What’s that? Rap??! Never heard of it. :)

• Food

  Now you’re average British fare is a pretty sad meal: everything boiled into piles of different coloured mush or deep friend to the same shade of tan. That would be really bad expect that the UK has access to European food styles; unbelievably good Curry houses, great Italian style cafes, French food, and many other continental fares. Elizabeth is an excellent cook and all our meals have been not only wonderful but I’m eating healthier than ever before

• Travel

  It’s so easy here to hop on a plane or a train to a different county. A whole new culture of adventures and experiences is just hours away.

• Elizabeth

  And of course most importantly, Elizabeth is here!!

Life in the UK does take a little adjusting to.. In my first week here I broke a glass item a day in the micro dishwasher that passes of a real dishwasher here. I also managed to fry a power supply; it’s amazing just how much smoke can come out of something so small. After that though, I seem to have gotten the hang of things here. I’m really looking forward to my bed arriving because my feet hang off the end of Elizabeth’s British bed *lol*.

Living with Elizabeth is turning out to be really easy and comfortably. We have very similar habits and preferences (although we do have slightly different sleep schedules). I’m not sure what else to say; we’re prefect for each other.

All in all a really fun week. I’m very, very happy and look forward to each new day with Elizabeth.