Austrian Gourmet Guesthouse Pretoria
180 Anderson Street Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
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Going Home!!!!
... to get my passport checked by an airport official to confirm that I was who I said I was and to see whether I was in fact on the flight. The first thing he did was turn to the visa page, at which point my heart decided not to skip a beat but to rapidly make up for all those times in my life when my heart had skipped a beat. To my relief he did not question me about my prolonged stay and during our little chat I found out that he had in fact lived in SA for a number of ...
Research punctuated by some fun
... is often 35 or more), provide all students with a textbook (in many poor schools not all if any students can afford to buy a textbook), and provide students with calculators (again many students cannot afford a scientific calculator). Heather and I are looking at the funding and implementation of this program as well as the effectiveness.
In the afternoon we went to SOS Children's Village in Mamelodi township to bring our donations (thanks ...
Doing a Rob Green
... bought myself a few.
Whilst drinking these the guy in the blurred photo came up and we started having a chat, his mates joined me too, and we were having a right ol' time until I told that I was a Saints fan. "Well THAT'S ruined it!" minced the guy with flag, and with that he and his entourage promptly walked off without another word said. Dunno why I'm surprised.......
Now, not wanting to be rude or dishonour my hosts by implying that in providing such ...
No Purses Allowed
... for a group of his friends to come over for a big South African Braai (BBQ). The Braai was huge and delicious- they made lamb ribs, borewors (South African sausage) and BBQ'd chicken with cheesy potatoes and a huge salad on the side. There were about 12 of us there, and between us we drank all of the wine in Tim's house. We decided the only solution was to go out. We went upstairs to grab our things, and when we came down the boys ...
On to South Africa
... as soon as we can arrange for them.
I check out of the hotel and loaded my luggage before driving back to Port Louis one last time. After a quick lunch at my little Indian restaurant on the waterfront I was at the embassy at 1:00 as we’d agreed, and was very happy to find more pages in my passport.
The drive south to the airport was though a light rain once again with a stiff wind at times. Dropping off a car in ...


