Hello! We cannot believe that a year has passed so quickly. Well, it has been another very eventful one. We include an overview of what we have been up to in 2006:
The Regiment went to Jamaica in February and Aidan was forced to endure another two weeks in the heat with the mosquitoes. Fortunately, they were up in the mountains and the temperatures were not so bad (eighties instead of nineties) Whilst there they did a bout of river rafting as well, which was rather exciting, especially the rapids. The last three nights were spent at a rather nice resort in Montego Bay.
Aidan accompanied Marisa to her 10th College reunion at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia in May and was introduced to some of her old friends from College. Spelman has a very picturesque campus on the eastern side of Atlanta. We also visited the new Georgia Aquarium, which is absolutely superb. The highlight was seeing the Whale sharks in the enormous central tank built especially for them. They were only small though, about 15 feet in length. They will eventually grow to approximately 30 feet. One of the exhibits is a tunnel, where you walk underneath the large tank with all of the fish around and above you, just like walking on the ocean floor.
Musically, Aidan began his “professional” singing career at a couple of funerals. He has also been involved in several concerts with his clarinet, accompanying the St. John’s Youth Choir and a chamber concert with the Bermuda School of Music which included such works as Haydn’s Missa Sainte Nicolai. The bagpipes are also going well. He even has a student who is progressing quite nicely. Aidan hopes to have him ready for the next summer season.
Marisa is technically in the home stretch of her doctoral work with 5 classes to go in 2007. She completed her final residency in Atlanta and has identified "Knowledge Retention in Bermudian Knowledge-Based Organizations" as her dissertation topic. She cut back on dance classes in 2006 but continues to teach Highland Dancing and a Bellydancing course. Unfortunately, she has not been on stage (or backstage) all year!
Of course, the biggest change this year was that we were married on 22nd September. The ceremony went off very well, with everyone remembering what to do. Both the Regiment and Pipe bands played for our reception, along with Marisa’s highland dancers and belly dancers. We danced a choreographed piece to “One” from 'A Chorus Line' which was fun. Everyone appeared to have a great time. Video of most of the performances are on our website.
For our honeymoon, we took a canal cruise across Europe, starting in Budapest in Hungary and continuing through such places as Bratislava, Slovakia; Vienna, Durnstein, and Salzburg, Austria; Nuremburg, Bamberg, Wurzburg, Miltenberg, Rudesheim and Cologne in Germany and ending up in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We traveled along the Danube, Main and Rhine rivers and the intersecting canals. We would strongly recommend this voyage to anyone wishing a two week relaxing vacation. All of our pictures are available on www.marisaandaidan.com
Now we are back and settling in to “real” life again. We have adopted two kittens from the local SPCA, who busily try to get themselves into trouble on a daily basis. The gardens are shaping up and everything appears to be going well. We have moved into our new home and the weekend projects never seem to end.
We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year, 2007.
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