Katmandu living

It is now our last day in the Sheraton hotel. The kids are in the pool and Lieke is sitting and enjoying the sun (if you wonder about the weather here, it is clear sky, 25c). We have decided to move down to our house today. It is far from ready, but as we have just learned that the shipment will probably be delayed for 25 days it does not make sense to wait for it. So we are moving today and will hopefully be able to get gas and the washing machine working tomorrow, after which our house should be semi functional. Yesterday we went to visit Lieke’s boss – it was a very nice afternoon, though the kids are still not very good at entertaining themselves. Tomorrow I will have to go and get the gas done, and will also start to look for a satellite dish and a television and after that it is only to the car that is left before we are ready when the shipment arrives. We have bought two enormous mattresses so now we will have to start to camp out in the house. I think we all look forward to it. With all the toys the kids got for Christmas they should be OK in the new house. Anyway, now that we leave the Sheraton it will be a bit more difficult to post our progress on this site, so the updates might become a bit more erratic until we get our own internet connection. I will however try to give Lieke some text and pictures with her to work to publish.

Hello all, Lieke here: my time in the sun was exactly 5 minutes because the kids were in the pool by then. Nothing more to report except that it is great to be in an environment and country that challenges all the assumptions one has and makes you rethink a lot (for example, the office agenda I got opens from the ‘other way’. Also very nice is to see that the Liva and Joop take everything as it comes and don’t get afraid at all. Having said that it is time that they get a bit of a normal life with a decent routine so will report soon about how that has worked (knowing how naturals we are in establisheing that for ourselves). Love to all.