It is Official

We arrived in England and managed to take part in the coldest winter in 31 years.
(deep breath) okay...we are done talking about snow.

Footpaths in Leeds: A Verbal and Pictorial Mapping

I've been trying to make a habit of taking a daily walk (which so far is only about every other day) along the footpaths in our area. We've decided to name the four paths we've discovered in our area as Burgess Hall South, Burgess Hall North, (these border the edges of a housing development by that name) the Field Path and the Woods Path. Burgess Hall North is absolute rubbish, but the other three are quite excellent. Today I walked along the Field path, which goes between 2 VERY large fields and makes you feel like you are in Kansas. You can follow it straight across a lane and it connects with several other footpaths, or you can turn to the left and take it to a wooded area where it connects with the Woods Path. This wooded area can only properly be described as a glade and was probably inhabited by Robin Hood and his Merry Men by the looks of it (so Zac and I think). The Woods Path takes you into the playing field and from there up the street to our house.
Pictures are the village as seen from across the playing field, the Field Path, and the Woods Path (not that you can see a discernible path).

What To Look Forward To

My O so very observant sister pointed out that a blog not blogged is likely not to be read. Our current internet situation is poor. We have a pay as you go mobile connection, but live in a dip that seems to avoid contact with the outside world (especially via wi-fi signals). When we do have a good connection we tend to use it for things we really have to do. Thus the blog has been left to rot thus far.
What you can look forward to though from this blog is an update of how the Neubauers are doing job wise, school wise, ministry wise, etc. We'll have plenty of pictures. Like from our trip to Bruges this weekend, and other goodies, such as my search for the best fish n' chips in the UK, and my systematic experimentation of British candy bars. We'll also throw in odds and ends, like driving on the "wrong" side of the road, and other cultural peculiarities.
Hope you'll stay in touch.
Zac & Erica