Change In Plans

For all those dedicated readers waiting on tenderhooks for Peter’s next blog, he will be back on line soon. He is deep in the snow and mountains of Switzerland and misses you as much as you miss him! Much adventure to recount when he gets back online.

Down in NZ, kids and India are exhausting all kid and adventure-related activities on the North Island. Lu has been chased by a pink sheep, Zola has been head-butted by a Scottish bull (not sure why he is in NZ), and our friend Ginny has jumped from a plane at 15,000 feet (Peter was at the same altitude yesterday somewhere in the Alps). Zola begged to jump as well (minimum age in NZ is 8 years old!) but decided to wait until Dad returns. India would have jumped, but Lu clutched her hand and physically restrained her. Think she is still traumatized by the bungy jumps a couple of weeks ago! We have decided that Kiwis (the people) jump off cliffs and out of airplanes from time to time to prevent permanent narcolepsy. It is not a fast-paced society, though it is a gentle one full of hardy, tough people. The search for adventure continues tomorrow, as does the online search for flights to grandmother’s houses, apartments in New York, and other realities of our return to life in the States.