We woke up this morning to a foot of snow. It hasn't snowed in London like this for 18 years according to Jill. School was canceled for the kids and most of the businesses. Jill and I canceled our plans to travel into London. No worries, though. We hiked through the crane river with some neighbors. People were everywhere walking, making snowmen, having snowball fights, and sledding. The British have figured out a good method for dealing with dangerous bridges. They put a sign up...'weak bridge.' It's brilliant! You cross over it at your own risk. Instead of 'fixing' our bridges, we could just put a 'danger' sign up.
Jill and Ian have a very cool life. They live in a bit of a flop house. A strange cat once walked in and stayed (Wotty); they now have a flap door for him in the bathroom. He sometimes brings friends in. Other people keep 'showing up' in the house. The neighbors are renovating their house, so they seem to come and go. I really like it. It's fun to have people coming in and out.
Gail, one of her neighbors, is amazing. Her husband works in Dubai, so can't help her much. She has literally been doing the work on her home renovation herself (digging the hole, setting the footings, etc...) while she tends to four kids and is running two businesses. Pretty amazing person!!!
I spent much of the afternoon reading about Egypt, Jordan, and Islam. I've definitely over-estimated my reading time and will need to leave some of my books here. Jill has an Egyptian friend that we will visit, perhaps tomorrow, so I can get the inside scoop on some of my cultural questions.
For dinner, Jill made Boboitiey, a traditional South African meal, with curry, onions, and beef. Good food, good food, always makes me happy! I love eating!
We are now, live-time, drinking some good Jameson and watching James Bond. Will write more tomorrow.
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