31st December 2007

We would like to start this Newsletter by wishing you all a very Happy New Year
and wishing you all the very best with your diet.

December has been an incredibly busy month. It was lovely to finally meet Sue and Chris, to have Paul back here for four weeks and Lluis and Teresa to be here for Christmas.

Paul had been out with us to El Marise helping AWOL with the animals when on our way home we saw a young kitten suddenly run across the road and hit by a local bus. We immediately stopped as the kitten was in great distress and unable to use its rear legs. Three weeks later and though suffering some nerve damage “Charlie” as we have called him, has made himself truly at home with us as a permanent inpatient.

Our good friend Alim got married in the middle of the month and we with Paul went to the wedding in Luxor. It was so nice to see friends that we hadn't seen for some while and a good time was had by all.

Paul was probably pleased to go back to the UK as he came out with AWOL, stitched head collars and even helped us undercoat the new back gate. Not much of a holiday for him but we and the animals appreciated the extra pair of hands and we look forward to his return and that of his son, Tony, in January.

Animal Welfare Of Luxor - AWOL takes a lot of our time but we really do enjoy it and it does so much good, you can Click Here to visit the AWOL web site and see more of what we have been doing. We took a day off and went around the tombs and temples with Sue and Chris which was great. Valley of the Queens, Medinet Habu and the Workers Village all in one day was a little too much but still very enjoyable. We look forward to their return.

We had a quiet Christmas at home this year. Sabine came to the villa on Christmas Eve and we chatted, played Scrabble, Pauline cooked beef in red wine and we watched Garfield 2. Christmas Day we had at home with our animals and more beef in red wine. Boxing Day we went out with our friend Akmed on his calash for a tour of Luxor and managed to find a really nice bicycle for his children which caused great excitement. In the evening we went over to the west bank for a Spanish Christmas with Lluis, Teresa and their friends that had just arrived from Spain with more wine, salami and chocolate as we enjoyed it all too much on our last evening together.

If you would like to meet up when you come over we would love see you. Click Here for a page you can print off with our contact details and where you can meet us. If you have any room in your case and could bring a tin or two of Homepride Curry Sauce, Paxo stuffing, Branston Pickle and for the car we really could do with some T-Cut to remove some of the scratches made by the animals. We will of course pay you for anything you bring.

If there is anything you would like to know then do send us an e-mail. We always reply but it can take several days as we have to go into Luxor as we do not have a phone at home.

Pauline and Graham XX

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