Hello everyone,

It’s been a while and I have sat in front of the screen on a few occasions to write a letter and then something more urgent crops up, or I have an errand to run, or I just can’t put the words on paper.

I finally decided this morning, that I must pull up my socks and give you all an update.  Here goes…

We moved into our apartment in Port Said a month ago and like most buildings in this part of the world, they look like they are falling down and you shudder to think tha...