Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The Tuesday after Samoa and with the terrible earthquake

Hi,

The elation of the weekend was snuffed out pretty quick when we touched down in Auckland and heard the news about Christchurch suffering another huge earthquake.  We were delayed in Auckland and had front seats in front of the television until our flight took off 3 hours late.  We have just been in Christchurch a few weekends back and it looked pretty good - getting back on its feet.  This will be a huge blow for them.  Sounds like family are ok that are down there.  Phew!

I will update you later on Samoa in more detail.  For now you'll have to believe me when I say it was a wonderful place to visit.  Toby loved it.  It's probably the most under-developed place we've taken him and he took it all in his stride.  He was practising Samoan on the taxi driver from the airport and he ate different things.  He now loves snorkelling and was wanting to do it even more than me!  It might just become a Gilbert regular destination.

Mum and Dad come to live with us for the next few days as their house settles today.  They leave for good on Sunday!  I can't believe it has got so close.

Work is flat out and I need to get stuck in now.  Have a great day!
Love,
Angela

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