{"id":588,"date":"2012-11-16T16:23:46","date_gmt":"2012-11-17T00:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=588"},"modified":"2012-11-16T16:23:46","modified_gmt":"2012-11-17T00:23:46","slug":"getting-settled-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2012\/11\/16\/getting-settled-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting settled &#8211; Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It might in fact be week 3, but I&#8217;m not really sure \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Things are absolutely phenomenal this side of the ocean. We&#8217;re all setup in Churt, things in Air Street are going fantastically, and the family is bonding.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bonfire night in Rye<\/strong> &#8211; A super old British town with a castle celebrates bonfire night with tons of folks in costumes marching through the streets with torches on fire, and then lights a massive bonfire with a fireworks show. I got some AWESOME photos, but I can&#8217;t find my card reader, and so the uploads will have to wait \ud83d\ude41<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cousins bonding in Camber<\/strong> &#8211; Amelia and her cousin Martha took a morning walk along the beach at Camber. Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cousins.m4v\">Cousins in Camber<\/a> video.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Amelia + Freddie<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>&#8211; Amelia made a new friend, and they had a ball dancing in the streets of Lewes with their mummies (who are also friends).\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_591\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-591\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0692.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-591\" title=\"Mummies + babies in Lewes\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0692-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Micky, Amelia Rose, Freddie, and Abbie Churton walking down the streets of Lewes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We also got to bond with Grandma a bit, and now Grandpa is here for a few days. The house in Churt is just ideal, and we&#8217;re really excited about Uncle James coming into town this week.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s only just started to get fun \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It might in fact be week 3, but I&#8217;m not really sure \ud83d\ude42 Things are absolutely phenomenal this side of the ocean. We&#8217;re all setup in Churt, things in Air Street are going fantastically, and the family is bonding. Highlights include: Bonfire night in Rye &#8211; A super old British town with a castle celebrates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[66,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQyAq-9u","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":963,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/02\/28\/doruks-in-town\/","url_meta":{"origin":588,"position":0},"title":"Doruk's in town!","date":"February 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Even though their flight got canceled, and they were delayed for 4 hours, Doruk and Hanna have made it to town. 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