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Wine touring in Stellenbosch area
... avec de superbes vues sur la ville en-dessous ) ... puis dégustation de vins au domaine de Boschendal tandis que les non buveurs jouaient au croquet et aux "boules" sur leur pelouse bien entretenue, puis un tour rapide de Franschhoek (bien que j’ai trouvé le village entièrement touristique et kitsch) avant que nous nous sommes dirigés vers Stellenbosh et leur spécial du jeudi: "côtes à volonté" ... Roman voulait vraiment aller à « Spur » donc nous ...
South Africa
... in cape town faced as we approached by the famous and beautiful table mountain - which did help lift my mood.
For south Africa this was the end of summer so I wasn't too hopeful on the weather front, however as I arrived (and for the next couple of weeks) the weather was very nice indeed stil being around high 20s in days and nice and sunny.
After the journey my first thought was to have a shower, some food and a lie down in a nice comortable bed, I therefore grabbed ...
She's FINALLY here!
... into our project on the ground.
The principal and I met with Kerry, in Stellenbosch, on Wednesday, where she had connected with two other ETA's assigned there at Kayamandi High School. We visited their school, met the principal and vice principal and shared lots of contacts and information since we are all working on library restoration and/or creation projects. We shared experiences and ideas, and also began developing a ...
Christmas in South Africa
... or appropriate footwear, we reached base camp. Rushing like mad people with unhinged brains we staggered towards a small stall selling drinks where we soon bought two each. I downed both of mine in seconds and so went to buy more. It was only after drinking almost a litre and a half of fluids in less than five minutes that I began to regain some sort of sanity. “Damn you, Table Mountain! Damn you to hell!”
Wearily we looked at all the other people around ...
Out of Africa
... then it was time to say goodbye. As I hugged them, they both whispered kind and inspiring words to me, and I thought about how truly amazing and supportive people they both are, and how lucky I am to have known them.
Our group of 23 got smaller as we embarked for different final destinations across the United States, which led to a constant stream of goodbyes and tears. I’m sure we were a sight to see. The first flight to London (13 hours, ...


