Hi Ladies,

Sorry it has been ages, but things have been crazy and hectic. End of June the movers came, took our stuff, and off we went to my parents in Belgium for 6 weeks. The twins went to day care 3 days a week, Sofie to summer camp for 3 full weeks, Tobias was already back in Hong Kong. Our stuff arrived, things were organized and last Sunday we finally left. Got here on Monday morning, it’s hot and humid, raining a lot, and the apartment is nice. We re-organized a lot, sorted a lot of stuff, got our full time live in helper (hurray, hurray for no more cooking, cleaning, ironing and always available babysitting … all for $450 a month!) and are getting organized. It’s like expat paradise over here, or “expat for beginners”, foreigners all over the place (600 units in this building alone). We’re overlooking the ocean, the buidling has indoor and outdoor play area, swimming pool and we’re close to beaches and touristy Stanley (south Hong Kong Island).

The flight went well, Felix slept a lot, Maxine was hyper but good, Sofie was good as always. We had 6 seats instead of 5, so that was great. Jet lag was pretty much not existing, which was even better. We’re now 13 hours ahead of Central Time … so a difference between morning and evening!!!

The kids are adjusting well, we’ll see how it goes!

I need to catch up, but I’ll try now that I have more free time on my hands … I should be able to!