We've been in NZ nearly five years, but the time has come to say goodbye. A couple of months ago, Steve was approached by a top astronomy researcher in the US to come work for him. This came at a time when Steve's post-PhD contract here in NZ was all of a sudden looking very uncertain, so we gave the new offer serious thought. We have decided to make the move, and feel thankful that a new door has opened when another one shut.
Starting in January, we will be based in Berkeley, California, just outside San Francisco. Steve will be designing and building a spectrograph for one of the Keck telescopes in Hawaii. He'll work at the Space Sciences Lab at the University, and we will hopefully live within bike-commuting distance. However there are still so many details to sort out - housing, shipping things, travel dates, immigration... sometimes it is overwhelming. It will also be very sad to say goodbye to our friends here and our idyllic little village of Eastbourne, but overall we are slowly getting excited for this new adventure.
This week we fly to Canada for our 3 week visit based around Chris and Antoinette's wedding. When we get back in November, we'll start selling things and planning for our next move!
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Exhausting but also very exciting! Sounds like a project plan is in order (can't help it....I spend too much time at work!)
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful trip north and a great time while you are there.