Europe 2025 : Munich

Wednesday 10th to Saturday 13th September

Swissair to Zurich overnight. Now that there's wifi on the planes there's a tendency to try and catch up with all the outstanding admin and comms on the flight instead of getting a good night's rest.  Happy birthday to Neil for the 10th. We caught the train from Zurich to Munich and arrived in the rain.

Motel One is a handy option near the station. We don't do anything touristy in Munich any more but we like to walk a lot, stopping for a coffee or a beer to people-watch. We mostly catch up with friends and this involves a lot of eating and drinking too.

The IAA Mobility show was happening all over town.

Saturday morning at 9am we were down at Kilian's Pub for old time's sake. We watched the Springboks thrash the All Blacks!

That didn't happen much in the days when we lived here and Kilian's was our local Saffer hangout.

Two weeks living the Joburg life

Friday 22 August to Tuesday 9 September

It was a busy time but we enjoyed the great Spring weather. Another Joburg plus is being able to get out of the city and into nature very easily.

We spent a great long weekend at Zebula with Carol and Jane, Megan and Pam.

And another relaxing three nights at Middelpunt outside Dullstroom with Hanlie and Andrew.

We caught up with friends and celebrated our birthdays.

We had a wonderful party for Tracy's 60th. 

And before we knew it, it was September 9th and we were on a plane to Zurich.

Blythdale Beach Break : August 2025

Friday 15th to Thursday 21st August

Blythedale is on the Northern KZN Coast between Ballito and Zinkwazi. Paulet booked a great house with direct access to the beach.

There was plenty of space for us all to chill out.

We love having a few days with no agenda. We celebrated Paulet's birthday and Gavin and Paulet's 20th wedding anniversary.

We all took turns cooking up a storm but we also discovered two gems we can highly recommend. Impulse By The Sea in Tinley Manor for excellent curries.

And Mfino in Sheffield Beach. Excellent food off a small menu in a relaxed backyard setting.

Thanks Eugene, we had a great afternoon.