Hi Everyone,
I'm back on the farm after a 10 day trip down to see my friends and family in Pietermartizburg, Bulwer and South Broome.
Firstly let me show you a photo of my mum's house on the farm. We have orchards
behind the house and masses of Oak Tree's filled with the cheekiest squirrels in front of the house! They taunt my mother's kitty's regularly. Cheeky little so-and-so's!
It is very beautiful but as we are in the middle of picking season we have large trucks filled with fruit driving past the house night and day.
I went to the farms wine tasting centre (as they produce their own wines - prizing winning ones I might add) and had a marvelous tasting session. I bought loads on the friends and family account AND got to take home the open bottles since it was Friday afternoon! I LOVED THAT!
I flew down to Durban
to visit my friend Claire and her children one of which is Thomas my godson, who I might add has grown into quite the young guitar playing soon to be rock star! They currently live in Bulwer and I took this photo of the countryside while driving from Bulwer down to PMB (that's Pieter-maritzburg) to do some shopping. It is really beautiful down there with the mountains, the valleys and the rivers. We then drove
down to South Broome to visit her mother, brother and sister and stayed in a beautiful lodge surrounded by tropical vegetation. It was so relaxing although I got sunburned just sitting on the terrace eating my breakfast! But how could you NOT when faced with sun, sea, sand and good weather (although HOT HOT HOT)! I stayed with Claire, Thomas and Nikita for 5 days and then headed to my Aunt and Uncle's place for the Easter Weekend. My mum flew down to join us for the weekend which was wonderful. It's always great to get the family together.
My cousin, her husband and her two gorgeous children joined us. It was the first time I had seen her children which should give you an idea of when last I was in South Africa. The photo you see is Vanessa (my cousin), Thane (her husband), Caleb their eldest son and Gabriel their newborn! It was a great family reunion and we had a BRILLIANT Easter lunch with family and friends.
Well, I think that's enough of an update for now. The rest of this week will be taken up with continuing the booking of my exciting round the world trip (flights, hotels and tours) and seeing friends)!
Till the next update.... cheers for now. Dx
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