In St Petersburg!

We made it safely to St Petersburg. The trip down took two days, but as far as such long trips go, was pretty smooth. One thing that really helped in that trip, and in helping us get settled in, was a GPS. I finally broke down and bought an inexpensive model, and it realy has been great. Once we arrived in St Petersburg we met Mike, my old college from Fulbright Korea, his wife Gweyn, and their young son Brian at a beach and went out to dinner with them. Mike and the chair of the search that hired me had both told me about a condo coming up for rent at a good price that served our needs perfectly. Mike and his family kindly went to check it out and we agreed to rent it, so we met with them so they could show it to us and so we could get the keys.

Here is the condo. We are in the ground floor unit. This is our car, "Zippy."

The view from our condo door.

The ubox and the forklift truck that dropped it off. It only took a couple of hours to unload it, which was good because it's very hot here.

David in the master bedroom.

The screened in patio. David took this picture.

The view of the lake from our deck.

Dvaid's handiwork. He loves the song "London Bridge is Falling Down"

Arlene, David, and I at a Korean restaurant for our seventh wedding anniversary. David is hiding behind me.

Yum, bibimbab!

My office, which I share with another new hire.

The Franklin Templeton Building, which is where our office is. This shot was taken from Seibert Hall, where the College of Letters, which overseas my department, is.

The outside of our office.

So far the move has gone really well. We had a couple of difficulties but everything was smoothed every rather quickly. Everyone has really been nice here and God has given us many blessings. I won't start teaching until September 5, but there is plenty to keep us busy in the meantime. Keep us in your prayers, and we are praying for all those who visit our blog!