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Goodbyes Suck
... s apartment, which he was surprised we actually came back and cleaned, and then we spent the day packing and cleaning. Since it was our last night there, we had wanted to climb Lion's Head for sunset. But the whole day was dreary, cloudy, and rainy. Not good hiking weather. So we made different plans. That night, we took our very large kitchen table right out the back doors and put it outside. Then, we covered the kitchen floor in mattresses, brought in ...
Welcome to the Mother City
... of economics – it was cheaper to pay the slaves a wage than provide them food and accommodation! This museum was good, but could’ve been better. The upper floors contained random items of pianos, silverware, a doll collection, and history of Afrikaans language that seemed at odds with the objective of the museum. Maybe I missed out on learning something, but it just seemed peculiar.
I refreshed my mind with a walk through Company Gardens which is a ...
Hanging Around Cape Town
... was a beautiful mountainscape, as you can see all around Cape Town. Small animals and birds also grazed the gardens.
Just as we re-boarded the Sight-Seeing bus, the rain hit, and hit hard. As a result, we elected to put the nearby Bird World off to tomorrow, and head to visit Cape Towns Oldest Wineries at Groot Constantia. The Groot Estate was first, for tasting and lunch, then to the Eagles Nest. Winest here were reasonable, again, without being especially ...
Testing the Grape on the Western Cape
... likely that Dana may well need medical attention on her ankle (from an inebriated landing in the pool). Otherwise, it was a simple case of bears with sore heads. There was time for one last team talk before we undertook our terminal drive into Cape Town. Somewhat predictably this resulted in all round back-slapping on what thoroughly amazing leaders/passengers/chef (delete as applicable) we’d all been. I don’t actually mean to ...
World Veterinary Congress 2011
... and diseases that do not exist in the USA. But of course, as always happens when I attend a vet conference, I am left with a great feeling of despair and what is cleverly referred to by my friend Chrissi as "Conference Anxiety." It's the feeling that one has accomplished nothing with one’s life compared to all these amazing people who are giving talks on all these amazing things they have been doing all over the world. I must admit I did have a bit of ...