Saturday, November 04, 2006
The Naughty Witch of the North
They were allowed to dress up for pre-school on Hallowe'en, so may I present my little witch:
A little something to look forward to..
My future travel blogs will include:Birmingham (again?), Southampton, London, Chesterfield, Manchester, Chester, Halifax, Hatfield and Manchester again. That's in the space of 11 working days.(repeat after me.."i love my job...i love my job..") We also have a social trip to Manchester in the middle of this, assuming Peter is fit to drive (Hernia blog another time I think!)
My travel blog...with acknowledgements to Chris...
and apologies...and a certain amount of jealousy, as he does get to go to some pretty exciting places . I, on the other hand, have been to the following places over the last two months: Birmingham, London, Chiswick, Openshaw, Sheffield, Havering (it's in Essex), Leicester..oh and SOUTH AFRICA! Pictures (all of 'em I'm afraid) can be seen
here. None of your business class travel for us, I'm afraid. Not least because the flight was absolutely chocka. Actually, on the way out we did OK for space as we were sat in the bulkhead. You could see the other passengers sniggering as we took our seats because we were sharing with a five month old baby. Didn't faze us parents! Least of all my work chum John, who was escaping from a 12 week old at home!
South Africa was strange, to be honest. Not a place I had ever had any desire to visit (I'll blog my travel wish list another time), mostly because I suppose I am old enough to still remember......Anyway, I also *thought* it might feel a bit more like...well, Africa. Which it didn't. We were in Jo'burg, then in Centurian, which is on the outskirts of Pretoria. Honestly, we could have been in pretty much any European capital city. Everyone we dealt with was lovely. Food was fine, drink plentiful...and so cheap. I also went mad shopping, so if you are on my xmas pressie list chances are you'll get something South African.
We were lucky enough to have a day off at the end of our work commitments, and I got to choose what we did, as John is a regular visitor. I picked Soweto and the anti-apartheid museum (hey...i never wear my politics credentials lightly do i?) It was fascinating, moving, emotional..everything you'd expect and more..
The biggie is that we won the sale we went out for....!
here. None of your business class travel for us, I'm afraid. Not least because the flight was absolutely chocka. Actually, on the way out we did OK for space as we were sat in the bulkhead. You could see the other passengers sniggering as we took our seats because we were sharing with a five month old baby. Didn't faze us parents! Least of all my work chum John, who was escaping from a 12 week old at home!
South Africa was strange, to be honest. Not a place I had ever had any desire to visit (I'll blog my travel wish list another time), mostly because I suppose I am old enough to still remember......Anyway, I also *thought* it might feel a bit more like...well, Africa. Which it didn't. We were in Jo'burg, then in Centurian, which is on the outskirts of Pretoria. Honestly, we could have been in pretty much any European capital city. Everyone we dealt with was lovely. Food was fine, drink plentiful...and so cheap. I also went mad shopping, so if you are on my xmas pressie list chances are you'll get something South African.
We were lucky enough to have a day off at the end of our work commitments, and I got to choose what we did, as John is a regular visitor. I picked Soweto and the anti-apartheid museum (hey...i never wear my politics credentials lightly do i?) It was fascinating, moving, emotional..everything you'd expect and more..
The biggie is that we won the sale we went out for....!
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