We were all excited this morning to get on our way to Wellington, see our new home and meet our staff. The first hour of the journey was through regional towns and villages – very different to Delhi – and the second hour was up into the hills of Nilgiris, on a single-track road around numerous hairpin bends. Neil aptly described the journey as like the Monaco Grand Prix with trucks, buses, mopeds and 4x4s. We literally saw buses over-taking buses on blind bends...we kid you not...at least 10 times. Not sure we’re ready to drive out here yet!
Wacky Races!
We arrived with the other UK military families and were the first students to arrive for the course. After a quick cup of local tea in the Officers’ Mess with some of the Directing Staff, we were finally taken to our new home, where our 3 staff and 2 of their children were waiting with flowers, on the steps of the apartment, to meet us. The apartment is much as we expected after seeing lots of photos and reminds us a bit of a self-catering holiday apartment in the Mediterranean! The garden is lovely, and we’ve got swings for Daisy and a little white bench and even a white picket fence in the front garden! Daisy has been in her element all afternoon running around the garden with Angel (9) and Grace (7), who are the daughters of 2 of the staff. She has also loved the cake, chicken soup and steak and chips that Fatima, our new cook, has made us all today. She even made Ava some rice and carrots, which she really enjoyed after a week of eating packet baby-food. Shepherd’s pie tomorrow night, and then we’re moving on to curry the night after – not too hot for Daisy though!
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