Posts tagged year in review
Goodbye 2016
2016 was one of those years that turned out quite
differently from how it looked a year ago.
For us it was a year of transitions, as we lived in Myanmar, moved to
Yorkshire and finished out the year in sunny New Zealand.
We had some wonderful family times in Myanmar, Cambodia and Bangkok early in the year and in Scotland and Yorkshire later on.
Ross and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary in early February. The hotel staff at the Park Royal in Nay Pyi Taw where we lived at that time, were so very kind to us and helped to make it a wonderful celebration. We had decided long ago to take a longer trip to some of our favourite places in honour of this significant anniversary. Our trip began before Easter with a few days in Venice, followed by 2 weeks of walking in Malta, 2 weeks of cycling in SE and NW Sicily and a week exploring volcanoes. We finished up with a week with Rebecca and Jean on the Isle of Skye.
By May we were heading back to Myanmar to say goodbye to our many dear friends, write final reports and pack our belongings. We had put down a lot of roots in our three years in Myanmar and it was hard dragging them up.
Fortunately we had something to look forward to, as we were going to live and work in Yorkshire for 5 months. Our jobs as Assistant Managers at Eastfield Lodge were better than we had ever dreamed. We loved looking after the guests and the house, and the work-life balance that gave us time off most afternoons to explore the beautiful Yorkshire Dales on foot or by bicycle. It was great to be in the same time zone as Rebecca and Jean and we enjoyed time with them both in the Dales, as well as in Edinburgh.
Our year has finished on a high note with a NZ odyssey of walking and cycling in the NZ summer. We have fallen in love with our beautiful homeland all over again and loved finding new delights in places we thought we knew well already. At year’s end we are in lovely Te Anau, surrounded by high mountains and wonderful rain forest.