Another weekend in England! As usual (and I think I can say it after almost two months) I headed to the Duesseldorf airport after work. After checking in for the Air Berlin flight to London Stansted I decided to have something to drink at the Starbucks Coffee. From all the decoration I could tell that Christmas is not far. And the best thing about it is the Toffee Nut Latte! Here in Germany they sell it only during the Christmas time, but during my winter in Alaska earlier this year I had it on a very regular base. And I love it. Especially now that it reminds me on the wonderful time I had there in the Alaska winter. Hmmm, I wish I could go there again this January..... It is amazing how a smell, a taste or sound can bring back memories and makes you dream...
I arrived in Stansted on time and Dave picked me up. We got up early on Saturday (early for a weekend) and did all the planned shopping. This also included the GPS receiver I was talking about. We wanted to try our first geocache on Sunday. You don't know what a geocache is? Check out the following link: www.geocaching.com
Later on this Saturday we tried to find places for all the furniture. Somehow it seems like English houses are not designed for having furniture. And this is a new one! After some discussions and trials we found a compromise solution for the living room and a bed room. But now the dining room really looks like a mess after moving a lot of stuff there. And there is still no way to use the study for anything else than storing boxes with books. But eventually they will all go to shelves ;o) All in all I have to say that furniture help in making a house a home.
On Sunday we decided to explore Thetford a little bit more by searching for this first geocache. It was a nice walk that led us to some already known and some new places in town. The weather was fine, much drier than in Essen, and we had fun walking around with the GPS receiver, reading the hints and trying to find our way. The final coordinates led us directly into the shrubs, but we were not able to find any cache. After a while we decided to read some more hints from other people and found out that we didn't have to leave the path. So we went back and .... found the cache. We left a Starbucks card and took a yellow smiling face eraser. It was so much fun and both of us can't wait to explore more places on the hunt for geocaches. Unfortunately we didn't have time for another on during this weekend, because I had to go back to the airport at 17:00. The line at the security check was unusal short, the plane was unusual on time and I arrived home at 23:30. Now the normal working week started and it is grey and rainy in Essen. Typical weather for November...time for lighting a candle and having a tea...before getting out into the rain and walking Senta.
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