We have been following the UK election and the politicking afterwards. All done and dusted now. We watched the Browns do the walk of shame down Downing Street and wondered what the future was for the pound against the NZ dollar (hopefully it will now rise and we can bring our money over and get on with buying a place to call home).
Congrats to the Tories and Lib Dems. We decided not to vote as we have left the country (what a cop out to avoid having to vote no?). Can’t wait to see how that saga unfurls itself. It was an odd experience watching from the sidelines and not taking part.
The Kiwis were just as interested and it was widely reported in great detail. Even though Grandad was most put out that we could be interested as “ we’re Kiwis now” with an indignant huff. Actually, no don’t think we are and don’t think we ever will be. We are English who happen to have chosen to leave our home country to live in New Zealand and that doesn’t make us New Zealanders. It’s a noticeable trait in a few of the expats – just a minority and we suspect it’s a common thing with expats the world over regardless of nationality – which we have termed the phenomena of the Plastic Kiwi.
With this in mind Sean proudly flew his George Cross on St Georges Day and will do every year alongside his New Zealand flag.
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In 2009, for many reasons that we wont go into here, we took the family decision that it was high time that we had our next big adventure. Its taken a year to sort out but finally, on April 11th 2010, we leave Blighty and family and freinds for a new life in New Zealand. This blog is for us to keep telling our story to those we leave behind and for those we leave behind to know that we miss them and they are in our thoughts.
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