Originally posted on Something Over Tea:
Overseas readers might find it difficult to believe that we had to spend two days on the road to reach Cape Town to lodge our respective applications for Schengen visas in order to visit our children now living abroad – a process which took less than half an hour – followed by a two day trip home again. This… Continue reading AT THE HEART OF THE MATTER

Originally posted on Something Over Tea:
Someone had a birthday party at Ebb and Flow. I know this because when I opened the cupboard in the rondavel we had been allocated to check if there were spare blankets (it was a chilly night) I saw these two balloons cheerfully wishing me a happy birthday. They bounced around happily in the whoosh of air current created… Continue reading WHOSE PARTY WAS IT?