Normality has broken out in the Robertson household! The furniture has landed and we've spent the last 2 days unpacking 100 boxes...only 37 to go. Who knew you could accumulate so much bruck in a 2-bedroom house? We were most impressed at how the truck/container managed to manoeuvre its way in.
The techno-freak in the house (not me) has even managed to access a bunch of excellent tv channels like HBO as well as some BBC ones. Something called Apple tv allows us to play downloaded stuff off the iPad too. Never seen so many cables/connectors/digiboxes/remote controls in my life but it works a treat...provided Mike's at the controls!
The big news on the Mulder front is that he's getting more settled by the day and has had two reconnaissance missions outside today. Went round to visit a couple of the neighbours and managed to find his way back eventually, looking only mildly freaked out. He's now parked at the window, watching next door's white doves flit about...sizing up tomorrow's lunch in other words. Little does he know that he's off to the vets tomorrow for the last piece of his "passport" requirements. As luck would have it, there's a vets and a pet shop at the top of our road. Even I can manage to drive up there...albeit all the while repeating the mantra in my head "keep to the right"...an invaluable tip from Mike's Uncle Sandy.
My most used Norwegian phrase to date has been "snakker du engelsk"?? Thankfully the answer so far has always been "yes"!!
Just been out a walk along the shore of the fjord, lots of boats/moorings/boathouses/nousts (not surprisingly). Our landlord who's also our neighbour and the owner of the white doves (gulp) has kindly offered us a mooring since we're only 100m from the shore but we can't agree on a type of boat. I'm thinking a dinghy and oars whereas Mike is leaning more towards two large Yamahas. Hmmm...maybe not! One thing's for sure, we'd need plenty of distress flares onboard.
The photo below (assuming I've managed to attach it correctly) is taken just below the house. We've got our very own Sand o' Green! That wont mean anything to anyone who's not from Eday.
Ha det bra!
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