August 2012

Winter is with us and we are very much looking forward to Spring and warming up. Eion and I had a truly marvellous tour of Northern Europe in June - the cruise around Norway was spectacular and the cruise on the Baltic Sea included the magnificence of St Petersburg.Our ship was luxury from stem to stern and our cabin with its balcony was a comfortable and spacious "home base" for the land excursions. Our dining companions for the second part of the journey were lovely - Jim and Susan from Seattle, USA and Braha and Moshe from Haifa, Israel. We thoroughly enjoyed our precruise stay in Amsterdam - gorgeous city - and our post cruise stay in Copenhagen although the weather there was rather depressing. 6 days in Singapore on the way home was a relaxing way to wind down - what a fantastic city it is, always something new and exciting to see. From the trip overall, Eion has over 2000 photos but I have made hard copy albums of about 600. Memories forever.
No trips planned for the next year or so - really, there are only a couple of places in Asia that we want to visit.
The next expenditure is a new car - Eion has ordered a Mazda CX5 and it should arrive in about a month.

He is doing very well with regards to his prostate cancer - no sign of recurrence or spread and the side effects are well under control. However, Leonie's partner  Michael has oral cancer and is facing invasive surgery and radiotherapy - needless to say they are both terrified and we are all feeling helpless - can only offer moral support and all our love. The next 6-8 weeks will reveal whether the treatment achieves anything.