The past days and weeks we had to say goodbye to all our friends and family. It has been an emotional but a heartwarming time, in typical Flemish tradition accompanied with a lot of food and drinks.
We hereby would like to thank everyone for their support and lovely gifts. It meant a lot to us...
Tuesday morning 5am we left for Brussels International airport. And yes, flight delayed which caused a bit of stress knowing that we only had an hour in transit at Schiphol airport. After the plane had landed, luckily a KLM hostess was waiting holding a sign with my name on. Followed by a sprint to the gate, skipping the long queue at the passport controle, I just made it. It was very clear that that would have never happened without the excellent organisation at the airline. Well done KLM!
Wednesday 30th of April
After a quiet flight, I slept well at the Blue Tangerine which is a guesthouse owned by Mark and Colin in Noordhoek. Their place is just one road up the mountain from where we are. In the morning, I couldn't help but quickly go and have a look from their garden to see if our house was still there (which fortunately was the case). Tomorrow is the inspection of the property whereafter I normally get the keys!
Thursday 1st of May
The South Africans celebrate Labour Day as well today. I received the keys to our house this morning and was already up and about with a house pipe in the garden this afternoon. As it hasn't been raining properly for about 3 months now, a lot of the plants were in desperate need of some water. Hard to believe for a Belgian like myself that it can be this dry in fall...
Wednesday 30th of April
After a quiet flight, I slept well at the Blue Tangerine which is a guesthouse owned by Mark and Colin in Noordhoek. Their place is just one road up the mountain from where we are. In the morning, I couldn't help but quickly go and have a look from their garden to see if our house was still there (which fortunately was the case). Tomorrow is the inspection of the property whereafter I normally get the keys!
Thursday 1st of May
The South Africans celebrate Labour Day as well today. I received the keys to our house this morning and was already up and about with a house pipe in the garden this afternoon. As it hasn't been raining properly for about 3 months now, a lot of the plants were in desperate need of some water. Hard to believe for a Belgian like myself that it can be this dry in fall...
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Dag Afrikaners,
Leuk om te lezen dat jullie de knoop hebben doorgehakt en voor het avontuur gekozen hebben!!
Wie weet als ons nog wat tijd (en centen) rest dit jaar dat we daar nog eens passeren.
Succes daarginds in die "uithoek"!
Veel groetjes Wannes en Dorien
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