Arrived in Scotland

[mtbc]

Last night was my first sleeping in my flat on the top floors in an Aberdonian housing development; my first day here is warm and sunny, most agreeable. In the distance, I see the North Sea. Things have gone roughly to plan, at least enough so, though costing money, and so many small to-do's now. I did a bunch of shopping yesterday at an Asda Superstore, today I can try to get things straighter and put away better and make sure the various things around the flat work and report those that have issues.

I don't have a car yet but a fair bit is quite walkable from here, I am near the city centre with its Victorian granite buildings. A lot can be found less than two miles away. In coming days, I start my new job, which will be demanding, so I should make the most of the time I have now. I've been going back and forth on buying a car, especially given that current trends probably warrant a fairly new hybrid which costs more up front, and I may be spending many weeks this year working from Asia, but I think the convenience would be worth it. Among other things, I want to continue my current history of insurance coverage without claims.

Comments

[thewayne]

Congrats!

I cannot imagine what it takes flipping back and forth as to which side of the road you drive on!

[mtbc]

Weirdly, like a lot of other such things, like having a different keyboard layout at work and home, or switching between stick-shift and automatic, or whatever: it's tough and weird at first but, the more you switch, the easier it gets to switch!

[mellowtigger]

"a fair bit is quite walkable from here"

I wish more cities were like that.

[mtbc]

True. Many British cities are if they're not too large and one lives fairly near the center. Oak Ridge, TN, was, well, rather the opposite! Probably one of the least walkable cities I'd ever lived in.

[dewline]

Ottawa and Gatineau are somewhat uneven in that regard. There are regions of each city in our National Capital Region that lend themselves very well to walkability, but with the Greenbelt and the urban sprawl that resulted in resistance to that...

[dewline]

Glad that you've safely landed, then!