for our international friends

Hi there, you probably thought we´d forgotten about you ?
No not at all ! but of course the messages for you will be the shorter versions of those for our "homefront".  This might be the right time for you to learn some flemish ?
I was just explaining the mix feelings I had during the last few weeks and days before our departure.  There was so much to do ... before we can kick back and relax. 
We had such cold weather while I was reading about sunny places. 
We shared happy quality time during Christmas days with friends and family, and at the same time it was "saying goodbye".
So, here we leave things as they are - in the good hands of some nice relatives - and we are flying off to Mexico !
Soon a  report about the big city !