Day 10: Home comforts

Today was Saturday and, in part, it felt like a 'normal' Saturday. The day started with our traditional Saturday Breakfast - a long-standing tradition of the family, eaten in front of the TV (other days are strictly round-the-table affairs). It was English muffins this morning - how ex-pat of us! After that, we braved the mall - actually quite quiet in the morning apart from families with young children.

Today's weather was extremely cold once the wind-chill was taken into consideration. People certainly were not hanging around outside. Even the mall has open fires that people huddle around, more for comfort than for warmth as such as the whole mall is kept at a perfectly comfortable temperature.

We've been doing the same - this is where we have all spent most of our home-relaxation time. The TV has brought Dora the Explorer to Exile #3 and especially to Exile #4 and BBC America to the adults and the fire has brought warmth and comfort to all. Not like home was in the UK, but nevertheless a bit of homeliness in a strange land.