{"id":2941,"date":"2009-01-18T19:01:27","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T13:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/?p=2941"},"modified":"2009-01-18T19:01:27","modified_gmt":"2009-01-18T13:01:27","slug":"a-parting-word-from-down-under","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2009\/01\/18\/a-parting-word-from-down-under\/","title":{"rendered":"a parting word from down under."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/blank-insert.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/blank-insert.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"blank-insert\" width=\"500\" height=\"5\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/blank-insert.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/blank-insert-300x3.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well this is it guys, French Boy and I are heading back to &#8216;the mainland&#8217;. It&#8217;s a strange feeling to be leaving home for home, both being as sweet as each other. But departing from this land does always leave a tiny hole in my heart each time and somehow, it never gets easier.<\/p>\n<p>Before I go though, I wanted to leave you with this little piece you see below. Yes, it&#8217;s a new medium for me on the blog because I just discovered that my G10 (you read right, I finally got myself a powershot! It&#8217;s so much lighter!) also takes video and I snapped this spontaneous piece a few hours ago just before dusk. This pretty much sums up what Sydney feels like for both a newcomer and an oldtimer. 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