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Danté and Cindy,
18 November 2007
Netherlands
, Delft
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Dear all,
Time for an update from this end of the world! It's been a little while, but trust me, not a whole lot has happened since: the trees have lost their leafs, a beautiful autumn has almost passed and a cool breeze is here to stay. And Saint Nicolas has arrived to surprise the Dutch children every morning until his Birthday on December 6th.
Not a whole lot has happened, yet we have some great news: as of today we have moved into our new apartment in Delft (in between Rotterdam and The Hague), because a week ago I (Cindy) signed the contract for my new role as Communications Advisor at the Dutch equivalent of the Australian CSIRO called TNO.(www.tno.nl) A great opportunity and I am very much looking forward to working a big bunch of engineers and PhD's I'll basically will be trying to get the right information out of their heads and translate this into 'normal Dutch' in order to share this with the market. Ask me more in a couple of weeks, because I'm sure I can be more specific then! I'll be starting tomorrow already!
Danté is still interviewing for a couple of positions. Originally we were looking to move to the southern part of the country, because it is a lot less crowded and much greener, but the economical centre just isn't there. Being in Delft will help greatly.
Apart from that he is busy taking driving classes and studying for the accompanying theory exam. His licence is only valid for 6 months here and he will have to do both his theory and his driving exam soon here. It's just the way the Dutch system works..
Will keep you updated and hope you are all fine, enjoying the warmth in Singapore, Australia, Canada (?!) or where ever you are!
Take care,
Danté & Cindy
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18 November 2007
Great to hear from you both. It sounds as though things are progressing reasonably well. As you can imagine things tend to stay pretty much the same when all the "newness" wears off! But summer has arrived with some fairly hot days (37C today) and not enough rain, yet. I'll put together a decent letter before Christmas. Take care
Ted
19 November 2007
OHHHHHHHHH! Congrats on the new job Cindy! All sounds exciting! Hows the new apartment? Andre and I had a peak at Delft when we were there and loved it...I think we climbed something which overlooked the whole city it was gorgeous! Bring on the blue!! Wynter is sound asleep with Barbra...I will email you a shot! I was in two minds whether to send SK to school today...37 degrees here today! Looking forward to seeing Jose at the Zandveld dutch christmas...Will miss you both not being there this year...who will fight over the Booney doll!!!???
Take care love the Kollias-Zandveld's xxoo
19 November 2007
hi saskia here just saying a quick hello because i have to go to karate tonight.It is going well but we have to train in a really hot dojo.Wynter is going well but she is a devil on two feet getting in to EVERYTHING!!
I hope Dante goes well in his driving test and congratulations to Cindy getting into that job. Talk to you later SASKIA!!
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