Villa Sterne
Travel Blogs from Pretoria
South Arfrica!
... and children play soccer on open fields. Kids there aren’t that much different from America because they sing and dance, they play strategy games, they play games similar to tag, jump rope, and many other things to do. Children also like to socialize and they attend traditional festivals, parties, movie theatres, dancing, libraries, and parks. Most rural citizens wear colorful outfits and headdresses. Women wear scarves or headdresses on their heads ...
Can You Pass the Ladle?
... is not easy. There are too many factors involved in moving anywhere to be perfectly suited to your new environment, and I’m sure that I would have had something else to complain about had I been living in Paris or Tokyo. But this is to be expected and I’m starting to realize that it’s not so much what the problems are as how you learn to solve them that is important. We have a shower now. This is one battle that we have won.
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My Camera finally arrives & Good-bye Braai
... good technique for my neuro exams and later that night at our good-bye braai I found out that they took him to MRI and he had a brain tumour. Today was awesome because I also got my new camera from UPS, even though I had to drive all the way to the airport. Totally worth the drive! What I havent been really blogging about is the **** that myself and my parents had to go through to get it here. 160 dollars and ...
First stop- South Africa
... chips. Chips are served with just about everything, and they are not shy in serving a good quantity of meat on your plate too. In Kruger, we were able to try some local species, such as Impala and Kudu. We found the flavour quite strong, but edible – any good lion would recommend both, along with Water Buffalo, but we didn’t try the buffalo.
Probably the highlight of Johannesburg far as sight-seeing goes, was a place called Monte Casino. ...
Working in Pretoria
... couldn't get when the international community was imposing sanctions on the country for its apartheid policies.
Like Jo'burg, the city center is considered not safe, though in Pretoria, city center is home to all the government offices and only becomes dangerous at night and on weekends. However, all the 'safe' areas are outside of city center. The university and all the students are in Hatfield and Brooklyn ...
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Amenities
- Room service
- Swimming pool
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Fitness/Health center
- Free parking