Hello there! I thought I'd share some tales of our overseas adventure so far. We are adjusting to life here and feeling more settled and less incompetent each day. In retrospect, our timing immediately post-holidays and just three days before the start of school here was perhaps slightly 'mad' as the Brits would say. It is a hugely humbling experience to set up life anew in a foreign land. I feel a little like a squirrel who has spent past seasons dutifully planting nuts all around only to have been moved overnight to a new park where I don't even know [View Full Entry]

---

---

We get more settled as each weeks goes by...and the kids are doing great in their new school. Elena had her first 3rd year assembly this week, and all the parents came to watch them present the history of the Anglo-Saxon period in England (I don't think I learned this history!) and then sing a couple church hymns. Elena did wonderfully and we were so proud of her. The music teacher asked us afterwards if she would join the elite senior choir of the school which she has...we're thrilled to have her singing as she has such a beautiful voice and [View Full Entry]

---

---

We've successfully arrived and are working on setting up our life in London! Chelsea is a wonderful part of London full of beautiful townhomes and shops and restaurants. We are just 2 blocks from the main shopping street, and 3 blocks from the Thames. We spent the weekend exploring our new neighborhood on foot and by double decker bus as you'll see in the pictures...our shopping included completing the extensive list of the kids' school uniform. You'll see Elena in her uniform winter coat and hat! Setting up a new home even in an English speaking foreign country can be trying, [View Full Entry]

---

---

The Daniels family is ready for our next big adventure! A life long dream for Mark, closely followed by Pam, Dominic, and Elena, is to live and work in another city in the world. Now it has come to be, and we are ready to leave for London to live for 6 months as a family. Pam and Mark were there in November to pick our school for the kids and our house... We have sadly said good-bye to friends at Lincoln School and neighbors, enjoyed Christmas in Evanston and Wisconsin, and 18 boxes were packed and are on their way [View Full Entry]

---

---