Hello from Cobalt... the name of the building where I'm working.
I've learned the level of priorities here in the UK. The attached picture shows the size of various drinks... a can of Coke (150mL), a bottle of Coke (200mL), a bottle of water (330mL), and a bottle of bear (550mL). The funny... or not so funny thing is that they all cost about the same amount. That could be why there aren't so many overweight brits... and so many alcoholics??
Sunday was spent wandering the English countryside. I went to lunch with one of the guys that's been over here for about 6 months (Art) and his wife. We went to a new pub (it only opened in 1901)... the old one's have been around since the 1600's. We had "Sunday Roast". I had the chicken with mashed potatoes, peas, carrots, Yorkshire pudding, some type of mashed squash, and boiled onions. The cost was 5 pounds and the plate weighed about that ;-) After lunch, we went back to his flat (apartment) so that I could see what accommodations look like. He has a 3 bedroom place with underground parking. Around 3:00p we went back over to the hotel to meet up with some other folks working on the project here. One woman (Sara) had just arrived around 2:00p... I think she learned that 1 day is not get rid of jet lag. Anyway, we sat and chatted for a bit and then went our own ways for dinner.
Monday was my first day at work. The day started with a comedy of errors though... one of the other Americans here (Kate) decided to stay at the Hilton because her apartment was without electricity. We had agreed to meet at 8:00 in the lobby. Well, at 8:00 Sara and I were standing around waiting. I decided at 8:10 to call her room... evidentially her 6:00a wake up call never happened, so she was still sound asleep. 20 minutes later a very frazzled Kate arrived and we took off through the very heavy traffic towards the office. On the way we took orders for Starbucks and ended up walking out with 7 drinks and several sandwiches and some muffins. I spent the rest of the day reviewing numerous documents and trying to get up to speed on everything going on here.
Today is now Tuesday... although I had intended to submit this yesterday, it just never happened. Anyway, today again filled with documents and a meeting that seemed like it would never end!! I left at 3:00 to go look at apartments (flats). I found a great one... but more about that later. Anyway, I'm off to dinner. We're headed to an Indian restaurant that is supposed to be great but will make your clothes stick like curry for a week.
Until later!!
Steve
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