Week in Summary

Last week was a bit nutty for us, but it had some definite highlights. On Thursday evening we had a great dinner out with friends from London. Vicki and Paul are traveling around Oz/NZ to celebrate her finishing her gyne-oncology fellowship last month in Vancouver. They had just arrived in Auckland on Thursday, so Scott and I picked them up at their hotel and brought them to a great little restaurant in our hood. We'll look forward to visiting them again in Newfoundland this summer - they're setting up shop there in the new year and Scott and I have potential conference opportunities on the Rock in 2011.

Weeeeeee!

Zaidie arrived in Auckland again early on Friday morning after a productive week of meetings in Perth. He spent the day on Friday resting up after a long overnight flight from Perth, but was ready to do some exploring later in the day. He and Scott toured around Auckland that evening. The weather here of late has been fantastic, so they enjoyed a great summer night near the beach in St. Heliers. On Saturday, Scott and Georgie took Dick to see the views at One Tree Hill and Mt. Eden. They then made a stop at a fabulous candy shop in Mt. Eden village (no one appreciates a good candy shop like Dick) and got some hearty seafood chowder and classic Kiwi meat pies to being home for lunch. On Saturday evening, we took off to Devonport to stroll around this lovely waterside village and enjoy a great summer evening. Georgie soaked up lots of playground time this weekend with Zaidie around.

G and Zaidie with Rangitoto in the background

We were off to the (horse) races on Sunday for Family Day at Ellerslie Racetrack. Scott had organized for Dick to get a tour of the facility, after which we settled in to watch the races over a fantastic buffet lunch in the member's club. There were no big money winners in our party, but it was a great day nonetheless. We left the racetrack late in the afternoon in time to get Dick to the airport for his flight back to TO. He very kindly offered to lug back one of our suitcases (jam-packed) to ease our burden when we head home in a few weeks.

Giddy Up

Three generations of horse lovers