Around the World in 12 days!

Well we’re back, having had a great two weeks for Gareth and one for me in the UK.
The first week for Gareth consisted mainly of work and meetings, the week we were together we had a chance to spend a bit of time with friends in Milton Keynes, then flew to Glasgow for 2/3 days for a wedding Gareth was best man at, but also had fun seeing family and catching up. The wedding was really lovely and both bride and groom looked gorgeous - Gill maybe more than Dave! Congratulations again guys!

We also had time to pick up a few items in the UK we can’t get in India – furniture polish is not normally high on anyone’s shopping list but becomes a desirable purchase when you can’t get it, that plus decent chocolate and couscous made it a slightly strange list. If Gareth could have brought a Big Mac back he would have also added that to the list.

Then driving down on Sunday afternoon to York having to stop ourselves from beeping the horn constantly as per driving here, we spent a few days with Andi’s family, including a chance to cuddle our five-month-old nephew Noah. All in all an exhausting but really special time – coming home was lovely though and being back in our apartment we knew that Hyderabad now feels like home.

Being back in the UK after just a few months in India also meant we were able to evaluate some of the cultural and social differences between the two countries and appreciate or be challenged by those differences.

Finally getting off the plane after 11 hours of travel to sunshine was the medicine for the colds we managed to bring back - that and going to bed at 8.30 that evening also helped with the lack of sleep from the overnight flight. Drinking lemsip while in 30 degree heat, I can safely say is surreal. The weather is actually hotter than when we left when it seemed to start to cool down, we move into ‘winter’ soon so the temperature should get down to, oh at most 18 degrees!

We now also have gas to go with our hob, I’ve never been so excited about being able to cook! No more random microwave meals. Gareth’s gone back to a busy office and also looks like the HR things, which needed finalising are getting there for Andi who should start work in the next month prior to a conference in Cambodia at the end of the year.

Gareth has managed to begin playing football this weekend (on a very dodgy pitch) – albeit just for fun, we’ll let you know the score but if the MK Dons are anything to go by….

So there you go, we’ll post another blog with more news soon.