two in one day, you guys are spoiled!!

I am going to try and blog this again. It didn't work the other day, so please be patient!!

This is a pic of our house. It's a row house (as are most in this area) so I tried to get a picture with as little of other stuff as I could. You should notice Ryan fighting with the door to get it unlocked. I still haven't figured it out, although he seems to be proficient. The lock is just funny, you have to turn it up to engage the deadbolt, then when you go to unlock it, you have the do the opposite, plus push all the way down and turn the key farther, and if you have anything in your hands it is impossible. We have almost perfected the double person door open.




We also found something when we first got here that made us both scratch our heads in confusion... I'll put up the pic, then try to explain.



You might notice a two lane road (one lane going in each direction) suddenly become a one lane road. The oncoming traffic swerves into the other lane for just a moment, then goes back about his business. I guess it was a measure implimented to help reduce the amount of speeding in residential areas, but when Ryan and I were walking down the road, all I saw was a guy driving crazy fast and suddenly swerve into oncoming traffic. It scared the living daylights out of me!! In that moment I was sure that England drivers were worse than even drivers from Quebec. If that is possible. I am still getting used to the driving on the opposite side of the road. When we are on the bus it's not too unusual, but when we are pedestrians I keep looking the wrong way for traffic. Maybe that is why we teach to look both ways before crossing the street!! Maybe I should be asking people to pray that we don't get hit by a car!! Another thing we have noticed is that motorcycles have the rule of the road. The weave in and out of traffic (on their side of the road or otherwise) and do pretty much whatever they like. Ryan was shocked and appauled when he first saw how they drove. If you drove like that in Ontario you would be driven right off the road!!

Well, it's now almost 5pm. I can't believe I might actually get out of here before 5!!! I'll try my best to blog more often.

Love you all.