I first met Tim in Cape Town in 1996 and decided to join him here in West Marin in 2000. We talked of maybe one day spending 6 months on each continent to satisfy both our needs to be 'home'.
Stanford University decided to open a new Overseas Centre, their first in Africa, in Cape Town, South Africa. About a year ago, Tim was appointed the first Director of Stanford's Cape Town Bing Overseas Studies Program and we will be resident there for 6 months each year.
Tim and his colleagues spent this last year looking for accommodation for the students, premises and staff for the centre, and faculty for academic courses.
The first batch of students arrives in early January for Stanford's Winter Quarter (out of winter into the heat of Cape Town's summer!) Yesterday I was lucky enough to be at their first meeting at Stanford, to see some of the faces that will be a big part of our lives for the first three months of 2010.
The second batch of students is putting in their applications as I write. They will be in Cape Town for Stanford's Spring Quarter, April to mid June.
Tim and I will leave Inverness at the end of November, returning in mid June 2010. Lots to do before we leave, not the least of which is to find someone to stay in our house while we're away!
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