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Day 22: Why I love South Africa: Everyone can vote.
Everyone knows about South Africa’s past. I don’t want to talk about all the sadness of the past here. There is enough information about it on the internet. What I do want to celebrate is the fact...
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Day 23: Reasons Why I love South Africa: 11 Official Languages: English
The South African English accent is world renowned and it doesn’t matter how hard we try to have a real British accent we cannot manage. Here are some South African English words that you might enjoy!...
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Day 24: Why I love South Africa: 11 Official languages: Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a mixture of Dutch, German and other languages. There are also many dialects. Below are some sentences to introduce you to the language. How are you?- Hoe gaan dit? Good Morning! is Goeie...
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Day 25: Reasons why I love South Africa: Rugby and Braaivleis
Day 25: Reasons why I love South Africa: Rugby and Braaivleis Rugby and Braaivleis go together. Today it is the Currie Cup Final between the Western Province and the Lions. We are also braaing today...
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Day 26: 31 Reasons why I love South Africa: Ugie
Ugie is in the mountains. It is a wonderful village with a rich history. There is a place that stole my heart! From the first time I saw her, walked in it’s streets and felt her charm, It is the...
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Day 27: Reasons why I love South Africa: Augrabies
Tha Augrabies Falls is a waterfall in the Northen Cape. It is on the Orange river. The falls are about 60m high and the gorge is about 240m deep and 18km long. The name is derived from the Khoikhoi...
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Day 28: Why I love South Africa: Rugby
As I’ve blogged before rugby is BIG in South Africa. Here are some pictures of my husband and I at a rugby game in 2011. The Western Province against the Lions. For a full list of posts in this series...
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Day 29: Reasons why I love South Africa: Jozi
I know I’ve blogged about Johannesburg before. But I really want to showcase how spectacular Jozi looks at night! It shows the contrast of South Africa. The wildlife against the city. There really is...
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Reflecting on 31 Days
I’ve been taking part in a challenge where you post every day for 31 days. I’m glad that they call it a challenge as a challenge it was! For a full list of everyone that took part please click here. We...
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Day 30: My Top ten places that you should visit when you visit South Africa
Day 30: My Top ten places that you should visit when you visit South Africa I’ve chosen these 10 because in my view it will give you an all round experience of South Africa: wildlife, culture and food....
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The 31 Days is over!
The 31 Days is over! Wow it was an amazing 31 Days. Challenging…encouraging…a great adventure! I hope that you’ve enjoyed the last 31 Days as much as I have. Here are the top posts for October. I hope...
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A South African Thanksgiving
We are sooo excited! We’ll be hosting our very first South African Thanksgiving this year all in honor of my lovely American sister-in-law. (Or maybe it should be American-African?) Yes, they’ve...
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3000 Views
3000 views! Thank you to everyone that took the time to stop by :-) Here are the top posts of ALL time :-) 31 Day challenge 85 A South African Thanksgiving 64 Day 13: Why I love South Africa: So many...
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Are your ready for a new (version of the) South African flag?
No we are not changing our National Flag…we are building one and YOU can be a part of it. A South African flag is being built (or planted) near Graaff Reinet. It will be so big that it can be seen from...
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Thanksgiving in Africa: Research
Thanksgiving in Africa As you may know we as a family are preparing our first South African Thanksgiving. Here is some background information regarding Thanksgiving. Do you agree or have a different...
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Safari’s
Kruger National Park — South Africa Kruger’s proximity to Africa’s main hub of Johannesburg and its easy accessibility make it a favorite with locals and visitors alike. It’s one of the most popular...
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Food
South African wines, capuccinos, kudu, eland, ostrich (eggs and meat), malva pudding, bobotie, smiley (sheep’s head), pap, sausage, Jungle (granola) bars, braii (BBQ) foods, avocados, salads w/chicken....
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Day 27: Reasons why I love South Africa: Augrabies
Tha Augrabies Falls is a waterfall in the Northen Cape. It is on the Orange river. The falls are about 60m high and the gorge is about 240m deep and 18km long. The name is derived from the Khoikhoi...
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Day 28: Why I love South Africa: Rugby
As I’ve blogged before rugby is BIG in South Africa. Here are some pictures of my husband and I at a rugby game in 2011. The Western Province against the Lions. For a full list of posts in this series...
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HAPPY Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! We are having a pre Thanksgiving dinner tonight because everyone had to work today. We tried to make it a public holiday in South Africa but couldn’t manage. What are we having...
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