Our first move-in day was sunny and lovely. We ended up doing it over two days because our lease started from Monday, but the bed wasn’t coming until Tuesday and that was also the earliest they could turn the gas on. As…
Arrival in Arizona Part 3: Shop til You Drop
On our third full day in the Phoenix area, the sky finally opened up and the weather became much more the image of Arizona in the winter – clear skies and warm for winter in the mid to high 50s…
Arrival in Arizona Part 2: Sleeping and Surfing
We woke up extremely early, but we have decided to attempt to go with this a bit. Arizona has an amazing big sky. Even on the few cloudy days, the sunrise is worth seeing: Now that we had an apartment…
Arrival in Arizona Part 1: Apartment Hunting
For our first day in Arizona, the weather was very cold for Arizona and everyone here seemed deeply confused as to why it was 40F and raining. It’s a bit like if it snows in the South of England I think…
Flight to Phoenix
We have made it Arizona and our flights were actually better than expected. We have flown with Delta before (usually at Christmas) and had only previously had horrible flights with them, but both were fine, despite one of our two flights being the…
A Proper British Curry
Chris’s sister gave us some vouchers for one of the best curry houses in the Slough area, the Akash, so it gave us an excuse to go out for one more curry before we left. They do especially nice…
Computer Butler: Auntie-Virus Edition
A frequent experience of people in IT is that it’s a huge, huge field and once you are in it, your friend and relatives will try to get you to do all manner of IT related tasks for them. Most of…
A HiJenx New Year
Due to the immense amount of socializing we did in Brighton, we were quite happy to stay in on New Year’s Eve. I also must admit, we don’t have much of a record of going out on New Year’s Eve…
Selfie Stick 3.0
In the course of our travels, we have had 3 selfie sticks. This first one was quite good and lasted us until the Arizona Nevada border. The second one was quite similar, but more cheaply made. It lasted us until…
Holiday in Brighton, England: Part 3
We woke up to weak sunlight, but some sun in England in December is always good. This is one of Brighton’s two piers, the one that burned down in 2003, but as it’s in the middle of the water, they just…