Long Weekend...
Question - In what possible situation could a 4 day weekend be a bad thing?
Answer - When you have just moved to a new city and have no friends and no money.
Easter weekend loomed and I was trying hard not to think about the task of filling 4 long days on my own. Of all the times to have a double bank holiday!! However, it didn't turn out as dire as I feared - I made friends with Mr Video and watched umpteen films and caught up with the last half of The OC season 3. Managed to unpack and sort out my stuff in my room (I finally moved into the WFA on Thursday). Went for a walk to the nearest shopping centre and bought some conditioner for my hair (mundane, yes but highly important - and you wouldn't believe the trouble I have had finding spray leave-in stuff!!), some scented candles for my room, and a conversion plug from UK 3 pin to South African 3 pin (they have the WIERDEST plugs in the world here!!). Read some books. Drank some Rooibus. Sunday evening went to church - decided I should probably go back after last week!!
Monday was a lovely surprise - Marlies dropped me off after church on Sunday and invited me out with her and a couple of friends to a wine farm the next day. We drove about an hour out of Cape Town into the beautiful Winelands district and spent a morning tasting wine and cheese. It's the first time I had really done anything like that, so felt very grown up and sophisticated. Still couldn't tell the difference between most of the red wines though... and I ate mould eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrghhh!!!!(in blue cheese - not my favourite, if you couldn't tell but at least I tried it!)
We bought some cheese and wine, as appropriate when at a cheese and wine farm, and had a picnic under a big shady tree in the middle of the beautiful hills covered in the oranges and reds of autumn vineyards. It was just a very gorgeous and lazy day, in a beautiful part of the world. Love it!
Answer - When you have just moved to a new city and have no friends and no money.
Easter weekend loomed and I was trying hard not to think about the task of filling 4 long days on my own. Of all the times to have a double bank holiday!! However, it didn't turn out as dire as I feared - I made friends with Mr Video and watched umpteen films and caught up with the last half of The OC season 3. Managed to unpack and sort out my stuff in my room (I finally moved into the WFA on Thursday). Went for a walk to the nearest shopping centre and bought some conditioner for my hair (mundane, yes but highly important - and you wouldn't believe the trouble I have had finding spray leave-in stuff!!), some scented candles for my room, and a conversion plug from UK 3 pin to South African 3 pin (they have the WIERDEST plugs in the world here!!). Read some books. Drank some Rooibus. Sunday evening went to church - decided I should probably go back after last week!!
Monday was a lovely surprise - Marlies dropped me off after church on Sunday and invited me out with her and a couple of friends to a wine farm the next day. We drove about an hour out of Cape Town into the beautiful Winelands district and spent a morning tasting wine and cheese. It's the first time I had really done anything like that, so felt very grown up and sophisticated. Still couldn't tell the difference between most of the red wines though... and I ate mould eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrghhh!!!!(in blue cheese - not my favourite, if you couldn't tell but at least I tried it!)
We bought some cheese and wine, as appropriate when at a cheese and wine farm, and had a picnic under a big shady tree in the middle of the beautiful hills covered in the oranges and reds of autumn vineyards. It was just a very gorgeous and lazy day, in a beautiful part of the world. Love it!
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