It was wonderful to see Julian and Juliet after so many years. We drove out to there beautiful home in Durbanville with its enormous garden. We got to see Antonio and Alessandro who are all grown up. Then Julian joined Antony, Jo and I on a visit to two local wine farms for a wine tasting and a delicious cheese platter.
Jo, Matt and Antony agreed to be willing guinea pigs for our Thai red curry we are planning to cook at Afrikaburn for our group. We had fun cooking and then played a fun game with the family that involved throwing a stick at sticks. I absolutely sucked at it at first but then staged a comeback for the ages to reign triumphant at the end! Finally, we tucked into the curry and everyone agreed it was a great success. And surprisingly easy, a great dish to add to my repertoire.
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I can't believe my wonderful niece who I rushed home from the Otter Trail to see as a newborn baby in 2000 has just turned 25! It feels like yesterday. Where does the time go?
Russell, Jo, Antony and I met up with Rob and Dawn for a full moon swim and picnic.
A fun evening. At the end of the first half of the quiz, we were in the bottom half. Then in the second half, we catapulted ourselves to second. Very exciting! Mary-Anne excelled in putt putt, getting her ball through the tiny mouth of a cardboard dog in one go. Food options were rather limited (cheese toasties or cheese toasties) but we all enjoyed the dog sculptured chocolates Mary-Anne won for her triumphant putt!
Antony, Stuart, Neil, Dom, Michael and Jess all did the Two Oceans. Jo, Annelies and I went 5 minutes down the road to watch them running by. The atmosphere was electric. This was Antony's 10th Two Ocean, a wondeeful achievement.|
