Time for me to spread my wings once again, and migrate south for the (northern) winter. It has been a privilege to call Blenheim Palace “home” for the past 5 months. We always had the good fortune to live in interesting places, but this was one of the most interesting yet, and I will miss the energy (and quixotically, also the peacefulness) of the Palace Estate.

But there’s also a bittersweet element to this migration: it’s my 7th international move, but only the second without a wife or children to accompany me. I’ll very much miss being nearby to Alex and Jennifer, but at the same time I am looking forward to seeing Jonathan and my extended family (parents and siblings) again in New Zealand. Hence the mixed feelings.

So in the immortal words of the Hoodoo Gurus: