We're here.... Yay! After 10 months of planning we are finally here in Bristol, England. Mike found a job here working in aerospace engineering at a company called Assystem UK. Mike also did an excellent job of finding us a flat in a quaint little neighborhood called Clifton Village... 14 West Mall to be exact. The neighborhood is perfect. It looks like it's right out of a children's novel. We've managed to settle in quite well. The flat was furnished and we added some of our own touches, courtesy of Ikea. :) It has been interesting getting used to the cultural differences here - everything from meat pies, called "pasties," to the mundane daily life differences of just doing a load of laundry. It takes hours! We've gotten used to the accents, but it makes us
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