Having started the blog on such a positive note for 2015, we need to keep the momentum going!
I am now a bachelor with her having taken an exciting role with my/our organisation in the Kurdish Region of Iraq (KRI). It is an exciting opportunity in a very interesting part of the world. I had no hesitation in letting her go, although the thoughts of her living 40km down the road from an unruly mob of Jihadists, did give me a few restless nights. She is a strong woman though and I am sure she will put them in their place.
We have loved the cooler winter days and nights. Wearing socks and long pants to bed and sleeping under our quilt with no fan or A/C is a real novelty for us. I'm not sure it will continue much longer though as we are headed back to high thirties later this week.
Rhodes has not been his normal cheerful self. He seems to be unsettled by our constant coming and going. The site of suitcases being packed /unpacked seems to send him into a state of melancholy... I managed to take him for a run at the American School yesterday. He loves the grass and spends more time sniffing and trying to find puddles of water to jump in than fetching the ball.
There is also an eagle that patrols the school oval. It has a massive wing span and very large claws. I know this because it (I should call it Woosha, Summa or Jacko) has taken to trying to swoop down and collect Rhodes. Thankfully he hasn't managed to lay a claw on our little doggy, but yesterday he managed to pick up a plastic bottle and then drop it just near us. We have been warned!
Speaking of melancholy, to be or not to be? That is the question. We were visited this week by the Globe Theatre of London and their worldwide tour of Hamlet. Siberia was destination number sixty-nine. They plan to visit every single country in the world by the end of 2016. This is in celebration of the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth (I think)! I am sure Siberia was one of their more challenging whistle-stops. The performance was held in an outdoor amphitheater next to the river. We started very late (9:15pm) as we had to wait for the Minister and Under Secretary for the Arts) to arrive. The sound was limited and to make matters worse, another concert of local music was being held next door. By half time (10:45pm) we, along with more than half the audience decided to leave as it was getting later and later and we could hardly hear what was being said. Despite all this, the backdrops and acting were fantastic and we'd love to see the performance in full sometime in the future when the quality of the sound can be guaranteed.
On Wednesday night we had dinner with a representative of the Australian Embassy. I think they see us as a bit of a novelty! Every time a staff member travels to Siberia, the Ambassador makes sure that they invite us out for dinner. She was a pleasant young lady and I have been asked to visit them sometime and have breakfast with all the non-resident Ambassadors/representatives for Siberia. I think I will definitely take her up on the offer!
I am now a bachelor with her having taken an exciting role with my/our organisation in the Kurdish Region of Iraq (KRI). It is an exciting opportunity in a very interesting part of the world. I had no hesitation in letting her go, although the thoughts of her living 40km down the road from an unruly mob of Jihadists, did give me a few restless nights. She is a strong woman though and I am sure she will put them in their place.
We have loved the cooler winter days and nights. Wearing socks and long pants to bed and sleeping under our quilt with no fan or A/C is a real novelty for us. I'm not sure it will continue much longer though as we are headed back to high thirties later this week.
Rhodes has not been his normal cheerful self. He seems to be unsettled by our constant coming and going. The site of suitcases being packed /unpacked seems to send him into a state of melancholy... I managed to take him for a run at the American School yesterday. He loves the grass and spends more time sniffing and trying to find puddles of water to jump in than fetching the ball.
There is also an eagle that patrols the school oval. It has a massive wing span and very large claws. I know this because it (I should call it Woosha, Summa or Jacko) has taken to trying to swoop down and collect Rhodes. Thankfully he hasn't managed to lay a claw on our little doggy, but yesterday he managed to pick up a plastic bottle and then drop it just near us. We have been warned!
Speaking of melancholy, to be or not to be? That is the question. We were visited this week by the Globe Theatre of London and their worldwide tour of Hamlet. Siberia was destination number sixty-nine. They plan to visit every single country in the world by the end of 2016. This is in celebration of the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth (I think)! I am sure Siberia was one of their more challenging whistle-stops. The performance was held in an outdoor amphitheater next to the river. We started very late (9:15pm) as we had to wait for the Minister and Under Secretary for the Arts) to arrive. The sound was limited and to make matters worse, another concert of local music was being held next door. By half time (10:45pm) we, along with more than half the audience decided to leave as it was getting later and later and we could hardly hear what was being said. Despite all this, the backdrops and acting were fantastic and we'd love to see the performance in full sometime in the future when the quality of the sound can be guaranteed.
On Wednesday night we had dinner with a representative of the Australian Embassy. I think they see us as a bit of a novelty! Every time a staff member travels to Siberia, the Ambassador makes sure that they invite us out for dinner. She was a pleasant young lady and I have been asked to visit them sometime and have breakfast with all the non-resident Ambassadors/representatives for Siberia. I think I will definitely take her up on the offer!
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