Category Archives: South Africa

Have a stroll around Grahamstown

The satellite photos of Grahamstown are not so hot. However, the street view is pretty good. Here is my parents house : View Larger Map If you want to take a stroll to the town center, turn left, go to … Continue reading

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Here we are

INSERT_MAP Still just chilling with family. School’s off for summer. Brother-in-law and nephew have gone off on a male bonding trip to Namibia. My speech about our travels seemed to go down well elsewhere. Weather is pretty variable. Plenty of … Continue reading

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Powerless

Haven’t blogged for a few days as family time, while being meaningful to us, doesn’t provide a lot of material to write about. The most notable event was being without power for a day and a half which is now … Continue reading

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Local Entertainment

There is no ‘broadway’ in Grahamstown so we have to make do with the local entertainment. At 1pm we visited the town center cathedral where some local school boys from the choir were making their last ever performance. They seemed … Continue reading

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Birthday / Thanksgiving

Thursday was my mother’s birthday and American Thanksgiving all at once. We all carry British passports and love turkey so given that Helen and I happen to have US passports as well it was a damn good excuse to lay … Continue reading

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