Comings and Goings

TAG! Grant and Julia arrived safely in Vietnam on Friday, and like an efficient relay team, handed the Melbourne baton on to Kate, who managed to wrangle a few days “stop over” in Melbourne on her way home to WA. It was fantastic to see her and catch up on all the news and gossip from her year in the Americas. Saving the best until last, Kate flew to Adelaide today (after all, “it’s ok!”), but not before passing the international travel torch to Amanda who will leave for Spain tomorrow. Towards the end of July, one week after returning home (or more likely, to the site on which their house formerly stood), Mum and Dad will wave goodbye to me; on my way to Frankfurt airport where I hope to bump into Amanda as she ends, and I begin, a European adventure. The number plates might be right when they say Melbourne's “on the move”.