Sunday, May 6, 2007

Sleeping late, Open air market, & Driving

It's late, so this is going to be a short post. I have a bunch of pictures to post, but I'm also considering an online photo album of some kind. If anyone has a suggestion, feel free to comment. I think Google now has one.
Dena and I had big plans for Saturday, but apparently our bodies aren't quite on local time. Our plans were to have breakfast at the hotel cafe, try to get Dena a mobile phone, and test drive some cars. We ended up sleeping late on Saturday, and really enjoying it! We walked downtown for lunch and found out that they had a open air market on a portion of Union St. There were a bunch of vendors and we got some spices, some cheese, some delicious cookies! We did a litte more research into a mobile phone for Dena, but unfortunately everything seems to depend on us getting a permenant address and some utility bills. We can't set up a bank account, get a mobile phone, or buy a car until this happens. We might be able to get a UK driver's license instead of a utility bill, but we still need a permentant address.
On Sunday, Dena finally got to experience driving. Yes, we both think driving here is like trying to write with your opposite hand. It's just awkward, but I'm sure we'll get the hang of it in a few more weeks. We drove over to the BMW dealership and had a pretty nice talk with a salesman regarding leasing a 1 series, probably a 120d with the Sport package. I test drove a 118d. It's a really nice car. I've been drooling over the sales brochure and all the available options. My biggest fear was that the seat would move back enough to allow me to fit and drive the car comfortably, and it does! The interesting thing is that there is only about 2" front the back of the front seat to the front of the rear seat when I'm driving. So, now all we have to figure out is what options we want, and there are a LOT to choose from. Good night!

1 comment:

Serina said...

Hey Dan, I highly recommend Picassa (Google's photo viewer). I've had great success with it. It allows you to link to other's photo galleries, and emails you when one of your favorites has updated.

Miss you both.