The Settlers of Paddington

We are still getting settled into our new apartment. For some reason, here a fridge is an appliance that does not come with an apartment, like it does in the states. You are expected to get your own and move it into your place, which is really annoying. Luckily, Michael's coworker has one he is getting rid of, so we just have to arrange to have it moved over.  We have been living without a fridge for the last week. It mainly has consisted of us changing our breakfast habits, not buying or cooking anything with leftovers, and drinking warm drinks. This no fridge thing is tolerable, but not optimal. I can't wait to have refreshing cold things to eat and drink again, especially since we have no AC. It's almost like when I worked at camp again, except I even had a mini fridge at camp!

In other news, there is a pub that hosts trivia on Monday nights just a block away and we went last night. It's even closer than the trivia we used to have across the street from us when we lived in Ballston. It was quite fun, and we did decently well teaming up with another random couple. I didn't realize we knew so much about People's "Sexiest Man Alive" recipients, the Indian subcontinent, word meanings, and Woody Allen/Scarlet Johansen movies. The host was pretty fun, and he recognized and pointed out more than once that we were the only newbies there. I think we'll end up going again.

I leave you with a few pictures of Paddington Reservoir Gardens, a cool park about a 15 minutes walk from our new place that they've made out of/around old building ruins.