Our Home for the Next Five Weeks

We have now made the move into our rented property which is to be home for the Coy family and friends for almost nine weeks - us for five and big brother for four.  Moving in yesterday from our hotel was a real treat and despite only being one year since we were last here, we were thrilled to reacquaint ourselves with what is a lovely home in a beautiful area.

Home is exactly what it is to Colin and Val the owners, albeit a second one, but it has been furnished and fitted out with a very personal touch and the instant that we walked through the door, we felt totally relaxed. I don't know if it's an age thing but returning to somewhere you have visited before and know intimately is so much easier than arriving in totally new pastures.  Not to say we have lost our spirit of adventure just yet but coming back to South Africa puts a broad smile on both our faces and it will be interesting to see if this country has the same affect on Ann and Paul, our friends who arrive early tomorrow morning as it does on us.

These are hazy, crazy, lazy days of Summer and for me, it provides an opportunity to catch up on books and reading that I never seem to find time to do at home.  Yes, I know I'm retired but hours back in the UK seem to be devoured by other things than books and yet here, I can pick one up in the morning and still be reading twelve hours later!  Perhaps the warmth, the frequent quick naps on the sun lounger, the occasional dip in the swimming pool or the very cold beer and wine are the fuel that drives my reading habits here.  I only know that the written word provides great pleasure.

It has been very much a slow news day but I have to include in my photos below a couple taken in Vergelegen this morning.  For any of you that might have read last year's Coys at the Cape Blog, I probably featured a similar photo but a trip here in the morning for coffee and fresh baked scones is unmissable and I'm afraid will probably always feature whilst ever we are capable of making this trip.

As senior citizens, it costs us an exorbitant 5R each to get into Vergelegen - that in our money is 25p!  Amazingly on a Monday, wrinklies get in for free!  Unbelievable.  And what do we pay for a fantastic coffee and fresh baked produce with cream and preserves?  £4.00 in total!  Yep, that's £4.00 which is probably a quarter of what you might pay at Betty's in Harlow Carr.

Enough said tonight, the photos can do the talking including the last one taken 10 minutes ago from the lounge window.

An early trip to the airport in the morning to collect our friends.  Will they love this place as much as us?  We shall see.