We should so something!

We got up late since we haven't adjusted to the time difference. Okay, I would stay up late anyway so that's no excuse.

Did I mention the house we are in is quirky? A few random examples.

• Many doors have no knobs
  
• For the first day we couldn't figure out how to get hot water or heat. They work just fine, but you have to turn them on manually.
  
• The house is under some construction. Archie is adding living space in what was an attic. Very neat! But it is a work in progress.
  
• There is a washer, but no dryer so things dry on a clothesline in the kitchen (too wet outside to rely on outdoor drying)
  
• We couldn't find the kitchen light for the first day and a half.
  
• The shower next to the master bedroom doesn't seem to work (but the bath works just fine.)
  
• The new upstairs shower works fine, but you have to pull a string on a switch to turn on the heater installed in the shower. (Think of a closet light-switch). The good thing is this provides really good hot water! But only if you know to turn on the switch first. :)
  
• The floors are rustic wood. Very nice, but have a somewhat more unfinished feeling than I'm used to being a spoiled American. They have charm though. The exception is the kitchen--which has the same Pergo flooring we have at home! talk about mixing old and new.
  
• No closets--everything is in freestanding in the kitchen there are really no cabinets or shelves on the walls.
  

Note that in many cases, we are just adjusting and learning how things are done here—the house is really nice and very large.

Even though I intend to get work done while here, we should do something other than sit in the house all day. So we got cleaned up and went downtown via the bus and found a little cafe called, "The Social". Watching people go by was fun. After that, we went to the visitor's bureau and got some brochures and a few books including a couple of brief historical overviews of Scotland. We decided to map out what to do with ourselves a bit so we went to—dare I say, Starbucks. We had a coffee and made some plans. Then, we saw a Borders and picked up some reading for later in the trip. Before we went home, we saw a really big Safeway and we had to get some more food since we had not found a good store near where we are staying. Mind you, we are only about 10 minutes drive from downtown, but still. This was similar to our own Safeway, albeit smaller. Of course some of the brands are different and containers are different. But many are not. Heinz is big here in both restaurants and supermarkets. So are American cereals like Cheerios. It is quite amazing, really. But on the other hand, ever other care in the US is made outsisde of our country. And so it goes. Hard to tell sometimes who influences who.

We were right next to Central Station so we wandered through it a bit. While we were there we got info on how to take the train to Prestwick Airport when we leave to London at the end of the month. Note to self…this is Europe, carry change for bathrooms. :)

With some effort, we found a bus that would take us back home and it dropped us of right at the corner. Yippie!

Spent some time catching up on email and having dinner...also watching British TV. Insights on that tomorrow. ;)

There was no rain today. There were even patches of blue sky.