brrrrr it's chilly here. We're experiencing a chilly winter apparantly. Most mornings we have to chuck a kettle of water over Cerys the car, but thankfully we hop straight onto the main road and we're a 5 mile drive to work so we dont have to go into the icy areas. Work is still going really well. I am now in my ninth week which has gone very quickly. I have the mickey taken out of my accent on a daily basis which keeps everyone amused. I am finding other ways t...

Hello We have tracked down a computer in the library for todays blog....we have now signed up for phone/internet at home and should be connected in the next week. Things here are fab, we're both very happy and settling into our new abode. We haven't really seen it in daylight yet as we have to leave the house before the sun comes up at 7.30 and get back at 5.30 once its dark, but this morning it looked lovely! We have our first 2 guests booked in, Andrea...

Hello So another week passed. Time is going very fast now. The technololgical problems of the laptop seem to be improved but as I can't get a wireless connection in Timaru at the moment I'm relying on the one pc on the campsite. However today we've found an internet cafe in town which will allow us to stay online once we move to our house in 2 weeks. I've now completed my second week at work and it's very enjoyable. I'm starting to feel like I'm contributing no...

Get a cuppa and a good dunkin biscuit!Its safe to say that these last 2 weeks have been just as mad and hectic as the week before. We saw Matt the Canstaff MD and immigration whiz on Tuesday morning and started the paperwork for the work visa/permit. After lengthy debate we decided to opt for the one year visa because going for a 2 year visa meant we would have had to have had medicals at this stage which could have slowed things down, and I really didn't wan...

I left you last in the library (with professor plum and the lead piping!) having taken a phone call from a guy called Taz who phoned me having received my CV and wanted to offer me a job?  aahhhh!! So we met at the Yellow Rocket cafe in Cathedral Square (when in Rome drink coffee like the kiwis do, that's what I say!) 2 hours later and he offered me the post of Fundraising Administrator with his new organisation the Canterbury Business Association. And t...