A whole week of my stay in Hong Kong has gone by undocumented on our blog, so I thought I’d catch up on what Greg, Ruth and I have been up to over the last few days.

Tegan may be having fun in Hong Kong while I’m stuck at work and at home, but I got to pick up our new car. Actually, it was a whole lot less fun to get it without her, particularly since neither of us had ever had a new car. It really was quite something to go to a dealer and pick up a new car with only 10km on the clock.

The car is a Ford Futura 2004, 4.0L, V6, automatic with sequential shift (as someone pointed out to me, it’s a semi-automatic), rear seat cup-holders and lots of room. Extras include a rear spolier (so Tegan can see where the back of the car is), tow bar and an auxiliary audio plug in so I can use my iPod in it. It’s very nice. People keep asking what colour it is, and the answer is ‘luscious’, which is a kind of metallic maroon colour.

It’s lots of fun. We intend to do a lot of driving in it, so there may be many opportunities for you to have a ride in it with us.

I (Tegan) left Australia on 8 April on my long-anticipated journey to visit good friends Greg and Ruth Pratt in Hong Kong. The holiday so far has been delightful, apart from missing my lovely husband who remained behind in Australia. It has been wonderful to finally see Greg and Ruth and to admire the bump that indicates the newest member of the Pratt family, due in early June.