Mid-relocation
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mtbcMy journey to Tennessee went roughly to plan. My checked luggage weighed 21½kg, more than a few hairs under the 23kg limit. I made my usual way to a far extent of the airport to retrieve a free newspaper: this time I scored both the Scottish edition of The Times and a Financial Times so quite a win, though I find that some of the former's columnists fail somewhat at wit and style and the latter's rather tall for reading in economy seating. KLM pleased me with by providing a little stroopkoekje and the descent into Amsterdam included an interesting view in between cloud layers. It seems that turbulence is now
I wondered how facemasks interact with the safety briefing: we are to remove them before wearing the O2 mask. Delta were keen on distancing: the long-haul was okay on that score, and strikingly clean, though I had people seated all around me for the last leg. For entering the US I had expected some kind of COVID-19 screening but I simply received a CDC text message about watching my health for the coming fortnight.
I feel at home in East Tennessee, it is of the character for which I had hoped in coming back to the US. Plenty of space, lovely weather so far, customer service that is accessible and helpful. I already glimpsed distant mountains and have returned in good time for the height of the fall colors, indeed I passed an exit for the University of Tennessee's arboretum today. It is many years since I drove on the right, or in an automatic, or could turn right on red. Most strangers are both polite and masked, even a local news reporter was masked in delivering an outdoor report, though I appear to have arrived in time for a second COVID-19 peak.
I have been working on initial steps, for instance, today I opened a credit union account and bought items like nail clippers and analgesics. The next priority is to buy a car, accumulate enough proof of residency and book my driving test before my month on my British license expires. I am finding that it takes me a while to do everything so, while satellite navigation has certainly saved me time, there is quite enough to keep me busy for many days yet.
rough air.
I wondered how facemasks interact with the safety briefing: we are to remove them before wearing the O2 mask. Delta were keen on distancing: the long-haul was okay on that score, and strikingly clean, though I had people seated all around me for the last leg. For entering the US I had expected some kind of COVID-19 screening but I simply received a CDC text message about watching my health for the coming fortnight.
I feel at home in East Tennessee, it is of the character for which I had hoped in coming back to the US. Plenty of space, lovely weather so far, customer service that is accessible and helpful. I already glimpsed distant mountains and have returned in good time for the height of the fall colors, indeed I passed an exit for the University of Tennessee's arboretum today. It is many years since I drove on the right, or in an automatic, or could turn right on red. Most strangers are both polite and masked, even a local news reporter was masked in delivering an outdoor report, though I appear to have arrived in time for a second COVID-19 peak.
I have been working on initial steps, for instance, today I opened a credit union account and bought items like nail clippers and analgesics. The next priority is to buy a car, accumulate enough proof of residency and book my driving test before my month on my British license expires. I am finding that it takes me a while to do everything so, while satellite navigation has certainly saved me time, there is quite enough to keep me busy for many days yet.
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