Happy New Year!

Welcoming in the new year with Claire, Breda & Billy over a Champagne/Jazz Brunch at the Winchester Mansions, Cape Town. Claire took the photo but I managed to slice her in from another shot. Thanks Claire!

Strange weather here today. The notorious south-easterly wind, the "Cape Doctor" has kept the mountain covered in a thick blanket of cloud, dark and gloomy on the Newlands side, white rolling tablecloth on the Cape Town side, while Sea Point basks in brilliant sunshine and crowds of day trippers gathered on the promenade to picnic, play ball games, and frolic in the icy sea.

The Stanford students begin arriving this weekend and classes start on Monday. Finally Stanford's Cape Town Overseas Centre will hum with activity.

Yesterday our resident assistant at the student housing, Claire Gibson, arrived. Claire was part of the 2008 Spring Quarter pilot program. We feel so lucky to have her here. The students are so lucky too!

Ayanda and Nathaniel visited on the last but one day of 2009. We had supper and then danced up a storm.







Finally, little bit of chilly UK - Gareth and Naz, Loch Ness, Scotland.