Chrismas, Weddings, and other things.

With only a little over a month left in 2010 we have obviously been kept very busy.  Brandlyn's classes are getting more busy with assignments and everything coming up while John has been quickly reading the Harry Potter series to finish it in time to see the new movie.  We have done nothing spectacular or extraordinary, but are still having a lot of fun and being very much entertained in Edinburgh.  One plan we have made for Thanksgiving is not to celebrate it.  We planned on celebrating it despite the fact that we had no clue how to fit a turkey into our oven, but our plans changed once we realized that November 25th is the first day of Edinburgh's Christmas.  Apparently there are a lot of things going on in one of the parks here including a fun fair (rides and all), and ice-skating ring, and a German market.  Of course all of this will be lasting for about a month I think, but November 25th is the first day of it; the first lighting of the Christmas tree and the street lighting.  All of this we know from what we saw on the internet, so we will let you know what it is actually like once we go.

The days are shorter now.  Today the sunrise was at 7:58 and the sunset will be at 3:58.  On many days, such as today, it is cloudy which makes it seem to get darker earlier.  We are slowly adjusting to it.  We have actually already put our Christmas tree up. It makes it very homey and warm in our house especially when it gets dark so early.

The Royal Wedding is getting a lot of attention here, although one of Brandlyn's Scottish teachers told the class that the Scots really don't care about the wedding.  She said the Monarchy is more of an English thing.  The story has obviously been dominating the news and there are people that are not that thrilled about having to hear about it all the time.  However, we haven't talked to any other Scot's about it so we can not say what the main consensus is.  We are kind of excited to be here during a Royal Wedding.  When Princess Diana got married it was a big deal, so if this wedding is going to be just as big, it will be nice to be able to say that we were in Britian when Prince William was married.