Busy weeks ahead

We're in for some busy weeks in November. Fact is, we have found a buyer for the flat in Heist (happened rather quickly, someone took a keen interest and the price they offered was well beyond our expectations). The buyer is a young woman who studies to be a doctor in medicine. She wants to take over some of the furniture, but of course there are things that need to be brought to Dendermonde.

Our main problem is, we don't have a car. I contacted a moving business, but they only have big vans and work with at least wo people. Great when you want to move furniture and the like, but not practical for only some boxes of stuff. Our cousin William is going to take some of the old stuff to the container park, but we don't want to ask him to bring the rest to Dendermonde as well. That would be imposing too much.

When we don't find a person (there is someone who'd do it, but we don't have his telephone number and the latest time we haven't seen him when going into town) we have to bring home the clothes, little figurines, dvd's and cd's in large suitcases... 

By December all should be finished, as by then the offical deal at the sollicitor's will have happened. And that's a chapter closed. We have had the flat for 30 years, and have enjoyed it a lot. 

With the money of the sale, we intend to do some travelling and spend the rest on renovations of our home here in Dendermonde. 

Only positive news

We're already in the middle of October! By now, I finally seem to be recovered from my surgery early in August.

Although it was a minor surgery (I went in around noon and was back home early in the evening), it took some time for every wound to heal and every function return to normal. I was forbidden to move a lot the first days, could not lift things or help around the house. 

I only began to resume my normal day schedule at the end of September. From then on, I could leave the hosue to do some shopping (nothing heavy). I resumed cleaning two weeks ago. Moving around furniture and such takes some energy, which I did not possess before.

For the rest, I took my second booster shot last week (so did Christine) and am now protected against covid. 

We haven't been away after Newbury, due to my surgery, but now we are looking forward to a whole series of upcoming trips. At the end of this month, we are spending a weekend in Antwerp, mostly to see a concert in Het Sportpaleis. Then, during the Christmas holidays, we are going to Milan and from there to Scuol in Switzerland. In 2023 we begin the year with a trip to Iceland, then comes a trip to Egypt, afterwards one to the Netherlands and to England, another one to Albania and Morocco. And most likely, we'll be travelling to Australia at the end of the year.