March 14, 2006
Live and gezellig from IJsselstein
Webcams setup, Skype installed, MSN on standby, the Great-Melbourne-IJsselstein-webcam-linkup finally became a reality last night. Jacob was thrilled to see his Oma and Opa in the flesh and I think they felt pretty much the same way. Jacob proudly fetched almost every book he owned and his new doona cover to show to Oma and Opa before retiring to his bath. Reappearing for a final kiss good night he then went to bed happy in the knowledge that Oma and Opa DO still exist, somewhere.
While Ron and I were sipping a glass of wine at the end of a relaxing Monday, Oma and Opa were on the first coffee of the day. The gezelligheid was so tangible we suggested they leave their webcam on and we would do the same so that early morning/late evening pottering could be shared.
An hour later Ron and my mother were sitting watching TV when they heard a strange noise, a buzzing noise. A tour of the house failed to identify any rogue electrical appliances but still the noise continued. It was only when passing the laptop and noticing a flicker of movement from the live-broadcast-out-of-IJsselstein that Ron realised Opa was doing the vaccumming. Loud and clear in Melbourne!
Posted by Faith