Here at MK with "The Doctor"

Steve and his keyboards and electric guitars 
that are ours to play with while we are here. 

We arrived safe and sound at Gatwick airport early this morning (England time), and took a two hour cab ride (which would have been about the same price as three of us by train) to Milton Keynes, a town outside of London. Steve, our home exchange host, met us at the front door. Our home away from home is a tidy bachelor pad; a smallish but comfortable two level home on a leafy street. Steve took us for a drive around to get some groceries at a nearby supermarket  (with moving sidewalks!) and to see some local sites. Then he finished up some work at his home office and set off for our house, purple suitcase in hand. The three of us all keep dozing off due to jet lag but it is almost 9:00 pm now and we are heading to bed so will probably be much better in the morning. We are assimilating to the culture quickly. By the end of Steve's tour I was no longer walking to the driver's side door thinking it was the passenger side and amazingly I have lived the day with no coffee. Steve has instant decafe only and he doesn`t even own a coffee maker. So I had some very strong tea instead.  I made us some dinner, and then lo and behold look what was found on TV. You must admit that there is no better way to end our first day in England than to watch an episode of Dr. Who on the BBC. The brand new season starts tomorrow at 7:00 so like all good aspiring young Brits Leif and Kendra will certainly be watching it.

 "The Doctor"