December 2011
Relaxing in the old colonial Elephant Bar
November was a very busy month which left us very little time to update the Family Blog. Marc was in the hospital for a week and got his belly button removed. A 12 cm incision is all what is left, so his number of overseas abdominal surgeries is starting to add up. His only talking about the quality of Thai nurses now.
Sarah has been working hard on her project to document old French Style colonial buildings in Phnom Penh. She is in the final stages of editing her booklet which will be published before Christmas. To cover the costs, she is selling some of the copies so let us know if you are interested. Maxi and Mum are slowly managing the big house and we finally got a maid to work with us. She is an excellent cook for Cambodian dishes which are low fat, veggie style accompanied by lots of soups. The weather is becoming more pleasant and we can be outside the house in the evening, however friends have warned us that this only lasts for two months, after that we start again with the heat.
Marc has started what he calls ‘a new project’, the restoration of a 1962 Ural motorbike… an opportunity to study Russian mechanics. Have a look at the page.
Both Sarah and Sebastien have done extremely well at school. Today is the end of the term and both came home with a Director’s Award of which only three are given in each year. They are developing as confident teenagers, and enjoying the more relaxed environment of Cambodia. Sebastien is going his own way and carefully selecting his friends in the new school, his popularity indicator is again very high, so high that he received an invitation from his friends to come to India and travel through Tanzania for two weeks, all catered for, an opportunity of a lifetime. He is leaving on Monday and will miss Christmas and New Year. We realize now more then ever that Kids will soon start to fly out of the nest which opens a new era in our family life. We have to plan for that.
