Sunday 25th February
SHE SAID:
Since arriving here in South Africa we have been interested in the facts of the country; for instance there are many more provinces now than when I lived here in the late 1980's. Transvaal doesn't even exist now, and the Orange Free State is now just the Free State! Johannesburg, Joburg or Jozi is over 1700 m above sea level, way higher than we expected.
The very high level of "fortification" of the houses everywhere was quite a surprise. I don't have any strong memories of this, but I guess it was like that when I was last here.
We have experienced several Uber trips now; all have been good, very quick to arrive, friendly drivers and it is easy to use.
Today we had maybe an hour walking around the President Ridge Bird Sanctuary seeing a few African birds, then it was on to Blanford Manor for lunch with Nina.
She is my aunt's sister who has lived in South Africa since 1970. I had met up with her several times when I was living in Pretoria in a "previous" life.
We had an almost 3 hour lunch, with plenty to talk about. It was a lovely afternoon with a short rain shower which had us dashing into the main building from the lawns where we were eating lunch.
HE SAID:
Pretty much everything is new to me, so I gawped at everything.
Lunch with Nina was very nice. We'll be meeting up again on our return to Joburg.
Since arriving here in South Africa we have been interested in the facts of the country; for instance there are many more provinces now than when I lived here in the late 1980's. Transvaal doesn't even exist now, and the Orange Free State is now just the Free State! Johannesburg, Joburg or Jozi is over 1700 m above sea level, way higher than we expected.
The very high level of "fortification" of the houses everywhere was quite a surprise. I don't have any strong memories of this, but I guess it was like that when I was last here.
We have experienced several Uber trips now; all have been good, very quick to arrive, friendly drivers and it is easy to use.
Today we had maybe an hour walking around the President Ridge Bird Sanctuary seeing a few African birds, then it was on to Blanford Manor for lunch with Nina.
She is my aunt's sister who has lived in South Africa since 1970. I had met up with her several times when I was living in Pretoria in a "previous" life.
We had an almost 3 hour lunch, with plenty to talk about. It was a lovely afternoon with a short rain shower which had us dashing into the main building from the lawns where we were eating lunch.
Me with Geoff & Nina |
Egyptian Goose |
Me in the gardens of Blandford Manor - Where we met Nina for lunch |
Geoff checking out Blandford Manor |
Weaver bird nest |
Red Bishop seen at the President Ridge Bird Sanctuary |
Helmeted Guineafowl |
Go-away-bird or Grey Loerie |
Nina & me |
Masked Weaver |
Hadeda Ibis |
Blandford Manor |
Creek that runs through Blandford Manor grounds |
HE SAID:
Pretty much everything is new to me, so I gawped at everything.
Lunch with Nina was very nice. We'll be meeting up again on our return to Joburg.
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