Football or Soccer? Ask the (right) Brits.
So we are busy packing up the house, selling anything we can, and spending fun times with dear friends before we go. As you can imagine, there is quite a […]
Tag Archives: moving to Durham
Banking in Durham
This is an installment in a series of posts about moving to the UK for a Ph.D, specifically at Durham University. To read more posts like this, see our list here. Setting […]
Finding Internet Service in Durham
This is an installment in a series of posts about moving to the UK for a Ph.D, specifically at Durham University. To read more posts like this, see our list here. If […]
On My Commute
Beth has posted several photos of little treasures that she has found in/around Durham. Today I thought I would post some of mine. Last night we had some friends over […]
Television in UK, Part 2–American Television
This is an installment in a series of posts about moving to the UK for a Ph.D, specifically at Durham University. To read more posts like this, see our list here. Before […]
Traveling in the UK, Part 2–Air Travel
This is an installment in a series of posts about moving to the UK for a Ph.D, specifically at Durham University. To read more posts like this, see our list here. Since we […]
Open Treasure
One of the great joys living in Durham England has been spending so much time volunteering at the Cathedral. Even on days when we are at home we can still hear […]
Gannin’ Yem
This past week as the kids and I finished our volunteer work at the cathedral we began our uphill walk home. The people of the Northeast do not say, “I’m […]
Calling a New Place Home – Making the Move
We recently met a fellow US student who was considering moving here to Durham to complete his PhD. He asked us the question, “How did you physically move your belongings?” […]
I Saw a Child
Every other week (fortnight) I spend a few hours volunteering at the Washington Riding Centre. I enjoy everything about horses. I don’t mind mucking stalls, grooming, tacking up or stuffing […]
Monday Morning
It is a bit of a foggy, grey day. Possibly more typical English weather than we have had most of the winter. This was my view out the window this […]
The way we roll…
Just wanted to share a quick photo with you all. I came into our home school area one day a week or so ago and found that Meg had drawn […]
100 Days
100 Days! What could you do with 100 Days? We are in unbelief how fast our time here is moving. What should we do with our next 100 days? We […]
Field Trip Friday (err Thursday) #16
On Thursday we took the short 45 minute trip over to York. We wanted to show Andrea and Rebecca this ancient and very lovely city. It is one of our […]
Sun by the Sea
It was a beautiful day today. The kids and I took our friends on a bus ride to the sea. It felt so good to smell the salt air, hear […]
Moving to the UK – Setting a Grocery Budget
This post is written mostly for those moving to the UK from American however budgeting ideas are easy to implement no matter where you live. For those of you […]
Post-Graduate Housing in Durham, England
As soon as we learned we were moving to the United Kingdom, we were ready to find a place to live. We wanted to know where we could set up […]
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