Family Holidays

Our “family business” took eight months to complete. In a nutshell, it comprised:

25 January – 16 March

Enjoying time with Saxon and Paul in Perth awaiting the birth of our first Australian grand-daughter, followed by two weeks with Talia Paige Gee who arrived on 2 March 2007

Our family in Australia... Saxon, Talia, Paul and Harley dog

17 March – 18 April

Flew to South Africa, staying in Somerset West with our Wortmann family while popping in and out of Cape Town to be with Keith & Colleen in the lead up to the arrival of our African grand-daughter, Ella Malaika Begg, who arrived 14 April 2007

Our family in Africa...Keith, Colleen and Ella

Days later, en route to the airport for our flight to London, we arrived at the hospital to say goodbye to Colleen and had the joy of seeing and cuddling Ella, just out of ICU.

19 April - 2 September

Back in the UK for the summer it was hard to believe we were in Battersea Park with Carmen enjoying magnificent spring weather so like the start of the autumn we’d left behind us in the Cape.
Spent four months with Justine, Daniel and our three English grand children.

Our family in England... Ruben, Dan, Kiki, Justine and Otto.

Felt especially privileged to look after Otto, Roo and Kiki while Justine and Daniel went down to London for a music festival and later, when Justine and Daniel took a break to go diving in the Red Sea. Our plans to go on outings were knocked out by a summer that didn’t materialise. Instead we experienced thunder storms and flooding on a scale never seen before.
In early August took a three day trip to Poland to see Auschwitz.

3 – 15 September

At the beginning of September left for Greece, returning to London for the weekend with Carmen (15-17 Sept) before flying back to Australia via Hong Kong (18 – 23 Sept).