Everything must end, sooner or later. And it’s time now to wrap up the Basilisk’s Gaze. Life since arriving in Sydney has certainly been an adventure. There’s the story of the container, and it’s long delay; the missing parts from furniture once it did turn up, and the broken Italian dining table;the fleas thoughtfully left starving for us by our tenants; and Christmas with no furniture. But none of that truly belongs in a travelogue.

Wiki and Loxon have started school, and are progressing in leaps and bounds with their reading. They’ve made new friends, and their English has strengthened to the point of overtaking their German. Though the occasional mixing can still be heard, such as Wiki’s “verbiggering” for magnification (in German, Vergrößerung) last night. And we’ve gotten back into the habit of wearing sun hats, even in winter.

So this will be the final entry in the Basilisk’s Gaze, the tail end of the basilisk, so to speak. The website will remain for a while as a record of our fantastic time in Switzerland. There is not, as yet, a successor blog. But if there is one in the future, we’ll notify all those people who asked to get emails about new posts here. If you aren’t one of those, and want to be added to the list, just send us an email. And in the meantime, please stay in touch.

Auf Wiedersehen.