Security plus!! The last few days have been heavily focused on security in one form or another. On Tuesday John took Wendy and Roe to the United Nations building where we were lucky enough to be able to observe from the gallery a session of the U. N Security Council. The meeting was chaired by Gary Quinlan, the Australian Ambassador to the U.N and the topic was Iraq.....such horrific statistics....10,000 killed in Iraq this year and twice that number injured a...

Upper Eastsiders touching base! Writing from the train to Washington.....currently just past Delaware. Flights to LA went well for Roe...un eventful and comfortable....only about 3 hours sleep but multiple episodes of House of Cards helped pass the time. John and Wendy were delayed 2 hours in Melbourne and then of course were 2 hours late in LA giving Roe some anxious moments as she had well and truly boarded the next flight before they caught up! Finally all...