Week 47 - On the Ferry, Sydney

What a beautiful city!!  And we were here to check out our house to check out how the tenants are treating it... fortunately they are looking after it, so we were free to enjoy the rest of our time in Sydney footloose and fancy-free!!  We saw friends and family, caught a ferry to Manly for lunch and a frolic in the sea and were blessed with Sydney's famous blue sky - what a beautiful city!!

Week 46 - Bush Playground, Wagga Wagga

We have come home to Australia for Christmas, and were lucky enough to be invited to stay with a really, old friend of mine - in years of friendship of course - and her family, including a delicious newborn baby only 14 weeks old in Wagga Wagga.  I had so forgotten the dry hot heat of country NSW.

Our girls (and Didi) got along like a house on fire, and had a good play at this, and a couple of other playgrounds in Wagga.  I hope that it is not too long before we see you again!!  Thanks for having us guys!!!

Week 45 - 'Twas the night before...

our Christmas trip to Australia, when all through the house, packing cases were everywhere and we were watching a total lunar eclipse.

One child had succumbed to the late night moon show, and was tucked up all snug in his bed. 

The other had set up a viewing chamber (including midnight snack) from her room to watch the eclipse, although our best photos were taken from the balcony where it was about 1 degree, and the tiles felt like ice.  Luckily it was our last night in Shanghai for a while, and we could enjoy watching the moon turn red!

Week 44 - 4 degrees, Jinqiao

Brrrr, it's beginning to feel a lot like winter here in Shanghai... the wind chill is making it colder, the tiles on the kitchen floor are so cold it hurts to walk on them barefoot, we're using the heating and it is taking longer for the hot water to reach the shower.

This morning was the first morning we really needed to rug up to go to school - hats, scarves and gloves. Didi is even wearing lined jeans.

Lucky it's less than two weeks before we escape Shanghai's winter and go home to Australia for Christmas!!  Summer time for six weeks!!