Day 85: Emily Moon River Lodge and a Funny Dinner
We’ve got our days here down pretty nicely. Breakfast around 9 at the buffet — which ranks high on our breakfast buffet ranking — and school for a few hours...
Monthly Archive: March 2019
Day 84: Sweet 16 — Robberg Nature Reserve — Cokes and Beers by the Pool
New York friend Leslie has generously shared her Fubo TV account through which I can watch March Madness *and* record the games. Duke tipped off in the Sweet 16 last...
Day 83: Beach and a Babysitter!
Today was Friday, and we decided to have a relaxing day. That sounds ridiculous for people in our current position to say, we realize. After breakfast and school, we walked...
Day 82: Monkeyland and Back to Keurboomstrand for a Sunset Dinner
Standard morning program here at The Old Rectory: slow morning, breakfast buffet and school before 11am. We had a couple errands to take care of: we dropped a bunch of...
Day 81: A Spa Chat, Newstead Vineyard and Keurboomstrand Beach
When the kids and Teddy hit the breakfast buffet, I hit the spa and had the most interesting conversation with the therapist. She is a 20-something white chick from a...
Day 80: Exploring Plett
The rainy weather departed overnight and we woke to sunshine at The Old Rectory here in Plett. We hit the breakfast buffet and planned for a couple hours of school....
Day 79: Driving to Plettenberg Bay aka “Plett”
We pulled away from our tent in Stanford Hills around 10 am on a cold and rainy Monday morning. Interestingly, a large number of our departure days have been rainy....
Day 78: Concert and Kid Fun on the Africamps Property — An Introduction to Roasted Marshmallows
Today was our last full day at Africamps. We slept much better last night. The wind was much calmer — a cool breeze came through the screened windows together with...
Day 77: Cheese Farm and Fynbos Walk in Hermanus
The wind was so, so, so crazy last night. Unbelievably loud as it ransacked our flapping tent all night long. Metal clanging, canvas walloping, wind tunnels howling, all in great...
Day 76: Leaving Auberge Clermont — Roadtrip to Africamps Stanford Hills
Road Trip to Stanford This morning we checked out from our beloved Auvergne Clermont. I would have have happily accepted another few days in Franschhoek — such a great spot,...