Peace Has Broken Out

A rash of calm and tranquillity has broken out around the Anderson family. After all the hustle and bustle of getting here, followed by the circus of getting some decent accommodation, we have finally moved into a nice apartment in the city centre. It’s in the old Dominion Post Newspaper building, very big and imposing. The whole building has been designed in the art deco style, the apartments have 20’ high ceilings, floor to ceiling windows and furnished in the art deco style, I keep expecting Hercule Poirot to knock on the door. These are a couple of shots of the apt, one of Liz navigating the dial-up email on the laptop and one of Adam ‘chilling’ as usual.


We are right across the street from the Wellington Central Library and joined yesterday, mountains of books, CD’s and DVD’s are available, a very impressive set-up. Having got ourselves settled, we are now in the process of preparing to jet off to Melbourne for Christmas. One of the good things is that we have a settled base to return to without having to start the search all over again when we get back. The weather has been very good; however people keep saying, “it’s not normally as sunny as this” which is a little disconcerting.

On the general administration front, we have managed to open bank accounts and Liz has been practicing the use of EFTPOS in the shops, which she is pleasantly surprised with, I believe. My ‘baby’ (the Jeep) has been sold and so as not to appear unfair here is a picture of Liz’s ‘baby’ which is also in the process of being sold.



It’s hard to believe that it’s Christmas, sun, barbeques and Christmas carols are a strange mix, however, we are here now and going to make a go of it for the next two years. We hope everyone has a good Christmas and we will do our best to keep in touch.