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Hi - A safe and smooth drive through France and Belgium and Bram finally arrived in a crowded and traffic jammed Holland. The last few kilometers through Naarden took him an hour to get through! They've turned the whole place upside down... so that MORE traffic can come through. We're too used to the quiet life of southern France... Holland's just crazy! Anyhow, Bram drove straight home to Hella and Pim, since little Guusje was celebrating her birthday and having a party. Tons of kiddos, tons of snacks, tons of chatter.. it was fun, but enough is enough and Pim was very kind to drive Bram to Arno's apartment in A'dam. A long day finally came to an end and Bram tucked himself in early.

Next morning the boys packed up and off the went to Schiphol and their departure to Johannesburg with a direct KLM flight. Around midnight last night Bram sent a text they'd arrived safe and sound. Another SMS dropped in around midday today, confirming that all is well and that they've now arrived at their final destination, Windhoek in Namibia. Johannesburg/south africa has the same time zone as Paris but Windhoek is an hour behind, like London. Nice to be able to travel so far and not suffer from any jetlag!

Hopefully i'll have some more news in the coming days. I guess it all depends on how often and how far out they camp in the bush! We'll find out...

I had a long long day today, getting everything in place for our official season start tomorrow of our rental houses. I still have quite a few items on my list for tomorrow, but I feel confident now that I'll be able to meet the deadline. Yesterday though, I did not feel so confident... Shitting in my pants from stress (not literally though!), feeling absolutely shit by pollen allergy and being on my own with the kiddos for the coming 5 weeks, I ended up having a bit of a blues :-(

But good news today from Seb in Sweden with Bo and Anette visiting Uppsala and its University, checking out student accomodation, cheered me up, plus got heaps of stuff done and also had a good night of sleep. So good old Jen is back in business, so stay tuned for more news! Jacky di Jack, don't look back..

Love you all,

xx Jen

And for Pim who today celebrates his 40th birthday we say: HAPPY BIRTHDAY !! Sorry I had to stay home looking after the kids instead of partying with you... Let's just say I'll be there on your 50th!