There's never enough time in one day...

So today has been the busiest day by far since we arrived in the UK.  We have luckily had the opportunity to sleep in somewhat but we're still not used to the Greenwich time zone yet.

We finally got the keys to our new place today and the Real Estate agency was amazing!!  After the lease was signed, we dropped off 2 extremely heavy bags that we lugged onto the bus and put them into the apartment.  It was a good idea considering that we had 2 more bags to drop off later and then deal with the carryon's tomorrow.

After venturing into McDonald's for a quick lunch, we went over to the bank to get everything set up.  That was an adventure in itself!!  We had a few hurdles that we had to jump over when we got there but thankfully they were willing to work with us and jumped through some hoops to get us set up with a joint bank account.  Considering we were in the country for less than a week, we were extremely fortunate.  We were extremely grateful and so glad that HSBC went above and beyond for us.

We are still trying to figure out our internet situation because we've run into some issues but everything will work out.  Thank goodness we have options :)  You'll have to bear with us because we may be out of Internet for a couple of days.

Here are the two best moments of the day:

1. BINGO -- ALL elderly people got off at the Bingo Hall bus stop each way both times we rode the bus today.  It was hard not to think of stereotypes but it was hilarious!!!!  They were all so excited to go play Bingo and that was their big outing of the day.  As one lady quoted to her friend "...it's nice to go out once in a while, you know, i don't drink, i don't smoke, so I need to have some form of entertainment in my life..."  It was hard not to laugh at that moment but she was adorable!  I kept telling Anthony, I shouldn't laugh because that will probably be me some day...LOL

2. ENGLISH MUFFINS -- I know you're all waiting to hear whether the English call English muffins English muffins or just plain ol' muffins...it's official...they're called MUFFINS!!!!  Can you believe that?  LOL  Anthony and I were in the grocery store and couldn't stop laughing...good moment in the midst of chaos today

Well, that's it for tonight...we'll provide another update as soon as we have the Internet all figured out.


More words learned to date:

Quid = pounds (another way of saying it)
Laundrette = Laundromat


PS.  We were talking with the security guys tonight, and they thought we had a twangy accent....we told them we were from Canada!!! :)

Cheers!

Steph & Anthony xoxo