Home, Sweet Aberdeen

We arrived in Aberdeen on time and OK. The flights weren't too bad, although we did have to scramble to get through customs in London. I'm really surprised we made it, due to the fact that we had less than an hour. It was pretty crazy running through the airport trying to find a gate in an airport that we had never been.
So, I suppose many of you want to know what's different over here. It's really interesting all the little things that you notice, and the obvious things. The currency is different so we get to learn the 1p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, 1 pound, and 2 pound coins, and the 5 pound, 10 pound, and 20 pound bills. The bills themselves are interesting because the same bill can be different due to being issued by a different bank. Driving is the similar, but also much different. Having to drive from the right side of the car is almost like trying to write with your other hand. You can do it, but you're probably going to be a little rough and slower at doing it. I've been driving for four days now, and I'm almost up to speed on most of the traffic signs. I do love roundabouts, but there are some special rules that go with using them. You may enter a roundabout with two lanes, but a cross street may only exit with a single lane, so lane placement and signaling is important. The streets are marked with signs, but not very well. Many times the street signs are on the side of a building corner about waist high. The one thing I do like a lot about driving is almost everyone drives a car. It's amazing how many more small cars you can get in a limited amount of street space. Our Honda Civic and VW Cabrio were midsized cars by Aberdeen standards. The cars do get much smaller, and speaking of cars, there are many brands not in the US such as Seat, Citroen, Alfa Romeo, Renalt, Peugeot, Proton, Skoda, Vauxhall, Smart, and models not in the US by manufacturers such as Audi, Ford, BMW, Mazda, Mini, Suzuki, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, VW, and Volvo.
It's hard waiting to get a motorcycle. As far as I can tell, lane splitting is legal!!! The bikes just drive around the cars and are on their merry way. There aren't very many straight roads, so I think I might get a supermotard bike for buzzing around town. I tried on my new Joe Rocket jacket and overpants tonight for the first time together, and they look and fit really great.
Our apartment is a nice two bedroom, but once again small. The kitchen is absolutely tiny, along with the 3/4 scale appliances. The wall outlets are much bigger, and each one has it's own on/off switch. The best part is that we have off the street parking and are only about 2 blocks from downtown, which is along Union Street.
Our air shipment arrived today, so we got the rest of our clothes. They are needed, because the average temperature is around 50°F. I went running in short and a long sleeve shirt tonight, but I was a little cool.
Dena and I are going to get her a mobile phone tomorrow and do some car shopping. I'm hoping there is a little time to swing by some of the motorcycle shops also. :)