car registration – AuntyUta

Many months ago we booked our trip. It is exciting that our departure time is getting very close: We’re going to leave for Berlin on Friday, the 3rd of June. So, only three more weeks to go!

Today, Peter, Caroline and I are going to Wollongong. I have an appointment with Dr. Pearson for 9 o’clock. Friday mornings there are always markets in Wollongong. We plan to go to these markets after I’ve seen my doctor. We might be able to buy some fresh vegetables at the markets. In the afternoon I meet my lady friends for our games of Scrabble and Rummy Cub.

On this coming Sunday we’re going to meet the family for Peter’s birthday lunch, and on Monday Peter takes our old car to Warrawong to get it inspected for re-newel of registration. Caroline and I want to go with him to Warrawong to visit a nice cafe there where we’ve been before.

It seems we are busy all the time. I am sure the next three weeks will be gone in a flash. And then it is going to be only four more weeks and we will be back in Australia. We arrive back on the Saturday, the 2nd of July, which is going to be Election Day in Australia!

We talked to Peter’s sister Ilse the other day. She reckons for our family re-union we are going to be some 25 people! We also talked to my brother Peter Uwe recently. He wants to come to Berlin to see all of us. But we can also visit him and Astrid at their place in the country.

A SEPARATION

A Persian Film with English Subtitles

‘A married couple are faced with a difficult decision – to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer’s disease . . .’

The movie length is 2hrs. The talk is extremely fast most of the time. Towards the end of the movie my eyes started feeling a bit sore. But it was a gripping movie. The marriage difficulties ring so true. It was filmed like a documentary. The setting could have been in any other country where there’s an established middle class. Caring for an aging parent suffering from Alzheimer’s disease would bring problems to any family.

Anyhow Peter and I watched this movie in the Gala Cinema in Warrawong while Peter’s car was being serviced. Now the car is ready for re-registration which is always due in the month of Peter’s birthday.

Our free standing home is called a ‘villa’. There are ten identical villas in our complex, eight of them owner occupied. One widow in the complex recently sold her house to move to a retirement village. Another widow in the complex gave her yesterday a farewell afternoon tea. We were all invited to this. One of the widows in the complex was prevented from coming, all the other residents could make it, meaning we were four couples plus three single women. A. had everything wonderfully prepared for the afternoon tea. There were seats for all eleven of us around the living-room. The hostess presented our departing friend with a beautiful set of flowers which you can see in the following picture.

I was in a bit of pain during the course of the afternoon. But I still had a good time. The women, who’s departing, has arthritis in both knees! And this for years. So I cannot say yet that I’m a really bad case. Anyhow hopefully I am going to get better again. Peter had knee-trouble some time ago and he got better and is walking/running again quite regularly. Someone in the group took yesterday a picture of Peter and me which shows how awfully crooked my leg looks. I should really be a bit more aware of my posture. I put this picture into the blog to keep reminding myself to become more aware about the way I’m sitting.