So our son David, had a classmate who is currently in Pretoria for the school holidays. He lives in a security complex not far from Waterkloof. David was to arrive at 10am and leave at 3pm. That’s what we arranged with him. Peter and I did not want to go far so we decided that we would walk through other parts of Menlyn Park Mall … Continue reading Waiting and waiting

Pretoria is so much better than Johannesburg. I’m trying to find something about Johannesburg that is nice but it’s difficult to figure out why people want to live in Johannesburg other than for the money. Pretoria is a prettier city. There are so many malls and you don’t need to drive a long distance to find a really nice one. We are staying in Waterkloof … Continue reading Pretoria & friends

So, we went to the Montecasino. Can I say that GPS maps take you down the weirdest roads. Going to Montecasino, it was thirty-five kilometers. Returning from Montecasino to Kempton Park was a mere twenty-four kilometers. I don’t get it at all. Anyway, we got there safely. We paid only R10 for our parking which was pretty awesome! You pay much more in Cape Town. … Continue reading Musings from today

It was raining but it has cleared up but that hasn’t changed the temperature of the weather. We were going to see 27 Boxes today. Our darling daughter Googled which somehow escaped her parents minds and discovered that its closed on a Monday. Okay, so what do we do now? We decided to save Menlyn Park for tomorrow and Wednesday. We’ll go to the Grove … Continue reading What to do in Kempton Park

I have a few pictures for pic of the day. Well, we decided to do something fun and Alyssa-Mei was desperate to go to the Pretoria National Botanical Zoo. The last time she was here was last year with her school choir, Durbanville Primary Choir. They took a tour, did the whole school kid thing, had to wait too long for their food and basically … Continue reading The Pretoria National Botanical Zoo

Okay. So my entire first draft just vanished. Interesting. Today was our last day in Kruger National Park.  We decided to make a whole day of it. This meant we were up early and left just before the gate closed. Every day that we’ve been in the Park, we have basically seen four out of five of the Big 5 animals. That meant the hunt … Continue reading Kruger National Park | Day 6

  Peter went to church this morning but the kids and I decided to hoof it over to Kruger Park this morning. We got up early, had coffee then piled into the car. We were on our way then I realized I left the camera in the car. So, we had to turn around and get the camera. I think Peter was sound asleep since … Continue reading Kruger National Park | Day 5