May 7th - After breakfast, we packed up and checked out of the ‘hotel’. We went to a farm/cheese factory to see if they had any smoked cheese to take back for my brother but to no avail. After being in there and experiencing the smell of farm animals and cheese making mixed together, I’m [...]
luxuriate /lʌɡˈʒʊərɪeɪt,lʌɡˈzjʊərɪeɪt,lʌkˈsjʊərɪeɪt/ verb gerund or present participle: luxuriating To enjoy (something) as a luxury; take self-indulgent delight in. Synonyms: revel, bask, delight, take pleasure, wallow, indulge oneself, enjoy, relish, savour, appreciate, lap up. April 15th - Our last morning in Johannesburg. We packed up all of our things, including the freshly washed and ironed [...]
April 13th - We arose and readied ourselves to leave with one our personal driver/tour guide/shopping companions, to meet the other, for breakfast 😉 Eating at Lacoco C Food Purveyors was a very enjoyable experience 😁 The restaurants and food that we held in memory, were indeed the same as we recalled and that’s pretty impressive [...]
April 10th - After what was actually a super restful night (bed at 2:00 am and up by 6:30 am so I’m not sure that truly counts as ‘night’) we got up and gathered the last of our things, took out the garbage, said goodbye to Atlas and the kittens and headed off to [...]
Well, as we get ready to start another year, plans are made and perhaps, vacations booked 😉 Thus, I decided to write up a little post about our top favourite places. It’s so hard to narrow a list like this down with weather, location and overall experience playing such a big part in how a [...]
A rather delayed (and rather lengthy) recounting of our Opa and Oma's visit back in August/September. Friday, Aug 24th - The weather changed from summer to fall, almost overnight and we also drove to the airport to pick up some special guests. Michiel’s Oma and Opa arrived at 11:40 pm to stay [...]
