Long time no see

For all of our regular blog viewers out there, we apologize for not updating our blog regularly.  The only excuse we have is that for the past 2 months, school as gotten the best of us.  Other than our lack of Vitamin D, we are doing just fine.  The sun came out about 4 times this month if I remember correctly, our other days have consisted of mostly cloudy to fully clouded skies with some rain and some fog here lately.  The Aurora Borealis was set to be seen here in Edinburgh on Thursday and Friday night, but unfortunately it was blocked by the clouds.

In other news, we are nearly half way through our year in Edinburgh.  It has been a great 6 months, and we can't wait for Spring!  The job search has begun and will hopefully end by the summer.  As of right now, we have no idea where we will be in 6 months, but we are anxious to find out.   Due to school taking over our lives, we unfortunately have no pictures to post, but that will hopefully change soon.  In the meantime enjoy the sun!

Winter Holiday

 Brandlyn's little sister, Melanie, arrived a few days prior to Christmas. She arrived just in time to enjoy our snow. We showed her around town and enjoyed a lovely Christmas. Two days after Christmas we went to London.

Sir Arthur's Seat on Christmas Day.

The British Museum which holds the Rosetta Stone.

Tower Bridge.

St. Paul's Cathedral and Millenium Bridge.

 London Eye and Big Ben at night.

John causes Melanie to pass out on the train ride home.

Hogmanay New Year's Celebration in Edinburgh.

Fireworks from Edinburgh Castle.

John prepares for Loony Dook.

John found out that 32F air + 46F water will cause a sudden bone chilling sensation that only a few humans have unfortunately experienced. Of course with John's luck the bus was an hour late! The best example would be to strip down to nothing and stand in a freezer for an hour and then hop into a tub of ice water. Then stay in the freezer for another hour but, you are now allowed a towel and jacket.

John is not smiling. He was smiling when he entered the bone chilling water and it is now frozen this way.