Made it safely, by the way.

I just thought that I should mention that I made it safely to England and am now typing this in the home of my friend Sarah’s family.  Everything has been wonderful thus far.  Amazingly, although I’ve only been in the country for about 24 hours, only about 12 of which have been awake, I have already tried Yorkshire pudding, lamb with mint sauce and mince pies!  All of which were very good.  I went to a nice little pub this evening, got mocked a bit for drinking only fruit juice, and met some very nice people.  Tomorrow we’re going to go see LOTR, Christmas Eve will have a fancy dinner and a long evening at the pub, Christmas day will be the traditional dinner and for a couple of days after Christmas Sarah and I are going to visit a friend in Edinburgh.  Whew!

I hope that everyone is having a happy and safe Christmas, and I look forward to speaking with all of you soon!