Welcome!
We hope you enjoy roaming with us on our latest adventures... Living for now on the east side of London, we feel that there are some memories worth noting. This seemed as good a way as any to try to make sure we record as many as possible.
Love to have your comments and contributions too of course.
Lis & Dwayne
Desmond Tutu was brought from South Africa to speak at an A4ID event in St Paul's Cathedral, London, on 13 July, to raise awareness of our work and be a rallying point for so many of those who have been and who could be involved. Tutu spoke engagingly and humorously as ever on 'The Millennium Development Goals: A Moral Challenge". It was very exciting seeing the crowds pour in - the place was packed with almost 2000 mostly lawyers - scary thought, ey?!
Our friends, the Barkers, with their friend from Malawi - they were thrilled to meet Tutu afterwards. When he shook my hand kindly before the event began, I was dumbstruck!
I don't have any photos of Tutu here I realise! But these photos above were all taken by Dwayne and they give you a bit of a feel for it all. If you want to see more photos, many of which are Dwayne's, go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/a4id/collections/72157621386532182/
Some photos from our trip to Athens recently - the soldiers with pompoms on their feet doing their ceremonial dance! or at least the guard ceremony outside parliament -
The meat and fish market was a good place to get food to cook at our apartment... but we left the pigs' heads for someone else...
We walked up to the Parthenon (of course!) and saw the new Acropolis Museum...
And found where the first Modern Olympics were held:
And best of all, in the 40 degree heat, we found a fabulous spot to swim - ahh...!
Dwayne's presentation on CSR at the conference - which was the primary reason for the trip - was very well-received. He's been asked to speak on the topic in South Africa and Sydney. We also enjoyed having dinner with those in the 'Business & Management' stream, including quite a few who we knew through Dwayne's MGSM days.
Our 'family away from home', the Barkers, have kindly had us to stay at their 16th century home in the countryside out of Cambridge on several occasions. Our most recent visit was for a weekend a few weeks back and, since it was glorious weather, we enjoyed playing cricket and frolicking in their pool with their delightful children. Dwayne also joined in JM's shooting lesson! - of clay pigeons, that is.
(Photos by John Barker)
Our friends, the Barkers, with their friend from Malawi - they were thrilled to meet Tutu afterwards. When he shook my hand kindly before the event began, I was dumbstruck!
I don't have any photos of Tutu here I realise! But these photos above were all taken by Dwayne and they give you a bit of a feel for it all. If you want to see more photos, many of which are Dwayne's, go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/a4id/collections/72157621386532182/
The meat and fish market was a good place to get food to cook at our apartment... but we left the pigs' heads for someone else...
We walked up to the Parthenon (of course!) and saw the new Acropolis Museum...
And found where the first Modern Olympics were held:
And best of all, in the 40 degree heat, we found a fabulous spot to swim - ahh...!
Dwayne's presentation on CSR at the conference - which was the primary reason for the trip - was very well-received. He's been asked to speak on the topic in South Africa and Sydney. We also enjoyed having dinner with those in the 'Business & Management' stream, including quite a few who we knew through Dwayne's MGSM days.
Our 'family away from home', the Barkers, have kindly had us to stay at their 16th century home in the countryside out of Cambridge on several occasions. Our most recent visit was for a weekend a few weeks back and, since it was glorious weather, we enjoyed playing cricket and frolicking in their pool with their delightful children. Dwayne also joined in JM's shooting lesson! - of clay pigeons, that is.
(Photos by John Barker)
