Friday 21 April 2023
Countdown to 60..Bubbly Party No. 40..
Tuesday 11 April..at Ram and Ranji's.. delicious food too and lots of catching up..
Countdown to 60..Bubbly Party No.39..
Sunday 9 April..with Bob and Jane.. when Jane shares her birthday Verve, we celebrate... so much to catch up on after 5 years!
Thursday 20 April 2023
Countdown to 60..Bubbly Party No.38
Saturday 8 April..with family in New Jersey..5 years since we were last here.. thanks Sandra and Rob for your hospitality..
USA 2023: Part 1: New Jersey
7 to 12 April
It's been 5 years since we were in America. We arrived in New Jersey on Easter Friday so we had a nice long weekend to catch up with family and friends.
And shop a bit. On Wednesday 12th we drove to Philli to see Paul, Elanna and Theo too.
Sunday 2 April 2023
Countdown to 60..Bubbly Party No.37..
Saturday 1 April..Food and Wine Pairing Party at Hanlie and Andrew's place.. the journey with wine from Tassies as students, to the Noble Vrot Wine Club days to the "chefs and sommeliers" we have all become! 😉
Countdown to 60..Bubbly Party No.36..
Friday 31 March..At Montecasino, Fourways..We Will Rock You..I love theatre and especially musicals..
Two weeks in South Africa
We flew straight to Capetown from Cairo to celebrate Nikki and Ranj's wedding. And what a celebration it was. Four days of non stop fun in Capetown and the Winelands. Back in Joburg to catch up on admin and spend time with friends and family before the next trip. This Travelling Life! 
EGYPT: 10 tips for an amazing trip!
1.Use DJED EGYPT TRAVEL
www.djedegypt.com
I can't recommend them enough.
2. Tailor make your trip with them but don't do less than 12 nights if at all possible. For an ideal itinerary, use ours! Only thing I'd change is a bit of an upgrade on the Cairo and Giza hotels. Vivienne will tell you to skip the train. Neil will tell you to do it for sure.( Our flight back to Cairo from Luxor was lousy anyway and delayed by hours!)
3. Don't try and do it yourself. All the hassle and you'll end up forking out more, believe me. And you'll be harassed a lot more by touts, sellers and so called "guides."
4. You can't self drive. Traffic is mad.
5. Bring lots of USD and especially 1 dollar bills for tips. The Egyptian pound is weak at the moment so it's a very affordable place to travel right now.
6. Follow Djed's tipping guidelines for drivers and guides, they really are worth every cent.
7. Leave the Egyptian Museum to the last day. You'll be surprised how much Egyptology you'll learn on your trip and things will fall into place when you see them in the museum.
8. Try the food, go local, explore the non-touristy parts whenever you can. Lots of things are going to feel very touristy and you will appreciate the more authentic moments when you get them.
9. Cruise the Nile by Dahabiya NOT a bigger boat.
10. Come in the Winter months.
Egypt 2023 : Part 7 : Cairo
Monday 20 March
Apart from the crowds, we loved the Egyptian Museum.
Rooms and rooms full of dusty wooden cabinets full of more priceless treasures. Poor lighting. Little cards with notes typed on manual typewriters, hand written catalogue numbers on scraps of paper and items pinned to shelves.
You could say all these antiquities deserve better but it's so much fun to discover stuff here and to see the treasures of Tutenkamen's tomb is mindblowing.
Downtown Cairo is busy and chaotic all the time.
We had a late lunch at an historic cafe called Le Grillon where they serve beer and wine. We finally tried the thick green soup called Molokhia made with "Jews Mallow" a green leafy plant and flavoured with garlic and coriander and eaten with rice. We stopped for a coffee and a shisha with the locals.
Then another glass of wine at another historic Cafe Le Riche before a good dinner at classic Restaurant Felfela. We had grilled pigeon and stuffed artichokes.
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