Day 5 (7/2/16)

Unfortunately the day didn't start well for me, I woke up with headache. On a good note, we made an appointment to look at another house.  After a slow start, we headed out to lunch.  We had sushi at one of those place that uses a conveyor belt to move the sushi around to the tables.  The kids loved it.

Then it was time to head to the bank for our appointment to open a local account.  We had opened an HSBC account in the states to make the transition to HSBC abroad easier.  That didn't work out as planned.  Upon arriving at the HSBC here, we were told we couldn't open an account until we could provide them with a lease with a local address.  So, that will have to wait until we find a house.  Now off to the cell phone store to get a local phone number to make contacting letting agents easier.  No local bank account = no cell phone account except a 'pay as you go' phone.  We got the smallest , no frills phone available and £10.00 of use. Isn't it cute?

Next stop, the car dealer to get our vehicle, so we can stop using the tiny Fiat.  We got a 2008 Vauxhall Astra. Thank goodness for a 4-door car, it is much easier with kids climbing in and out.

For dinner we went to Toby Carvery.  It is a buffet style restaurant, but much smaller than ones we have in the US. There are 4 kinds of meat to choose from, several vegetable options, and sauces/condiments.  We had Yorkshire pudding for the first time.  To eliminate any confusion, it doesn't resemble any kind of pudding we are used to.  It is more of a bread, although hollow in the middle.  I believe we were supposed to put gravy in it, but in our naivety we ate it like we would a biscuit with our meal. It was good.  Next time I will try it with gravy.

Yorkshire Pudding

The sundaes on the pudding menu looked amazing, so we had to have some.  They were delicious.

New words we learned:
Gammon = Ham
Take away = Take-out or to go meals
Lift = Elevator
Letting Agent = Real Estate Agent (Houses are up "to let", not "for rent")
Pudding = Typical means dessert, at least that is how the dessert portion of the menu is labeled
And you 'tic' the box, you don't 'check' the box.