Saturday, 5 May 2007

The beginning

So I decided to make a blog so people at home could see what we were up to without clogging up their emails with pictures. I don't imagine many people besides my parents will actually read this but even if only for you Mom and Dad, here goes.

So we moved to the UK on 23 March 2007 after long and agonizing decisions. It has not been easy but we are finding our feet. Gavin has been on his firts off shore rotation the day after we moved into our rented house in St Albans. Rachel and I have managed quite well to get settled in and find a GP, school ( one morning a week) swim and ballet class.

These are some pictures of our house. it has 3 berooms and quite a nic garden so as you can see we were able to get her a trampoline again, which she loves.





3 comments:

Tanya said...

Hey! I'm reading it!

Missing you and Rachel but glad you have internet access again.

T

Unknown said...

Hi EarthMama

glad to have you online again,

beautiful house and big garden

hope you guys enjoy UK

Lesego

David said...

Hi Sal,
I’ve just returned from the wonderful Land of Oz. I spent 10 days in Perth as a visiting lecturer at the Royal Perth Hospital. It was great fun and Perth is a very picturesque city set on the banks of the Swan River. It is very, very clean! I did not see a single bit of litter at all. The economy in Western Australia is booming and there is very little unemployment and virtually no crime. I’ll write a separate e-mail with all the details.

I gave a series of talks on AIDS, palliative care, multi-drug resistant TB, Mom’s work with the hospice mentorship programme, dealing with dying patients who were waiting for miraculous healing, and how to deal with uncertainty in clinical medicine. I even did a radio interview. We finished off with a 2 day workshop for doctors involved in Palliative Care.

Lots of love,
Dad