Not sure what to countdown first Avril leaving work or Christmas. Both are fast approaching though.
Great weekend at Himatangi Beach with weather brilliant and company, a lot of laughs. No doubt it looks strange for Santa to be arriving in brilliant sunshine in a cart!! The kids love it (grandkids).16 caravans attended the rally and we fed about 50 on the Saturday night with a whole ham, chickens salads etc.
Last week was notable for the fact that after 20 years I finally made contact again with Eva (from Indonesia), who we hosted for a year in 1988/9. Amazingly I found a card she had bought out with her full name on and when I Googled it came up with heaps of stuff including a Facebook reference.Also amazingly she is now living in Melbourne with her husband and family. She is an English Literature lecturer doing her doctorate there. Hopefully we will be able to visit whilst she is living there. Still looks the same, and married the boyfriend she left behind whose photo was up on her bedroom wall during her stay.
Geoff and Liz arriving Thursday afternoon for a few days so will be good to catch up.
We have just booked tickets for Womad, http://www.womad.co.nz/tickets.htm?gclid=CNb-lPGQ1qUCFSBugwoddz49lQ in New Plymouth next March. Includes camping on racecourse so we are right there for the 3 days of the festival. Will be our treat for year as it is quite expensive.
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