The week before Christmas, Samuel and I both took some time off to visit places around where we live that we hadn't had a chance to go to yet. So we grabbed some friends, rented a car, and off we went!
Our first stop was the PheZulu Village, where we visited traditional Zulu huts and saw a dancing presentation of an engagement/marriage ceremony, learning about tribal customs.
Next we returned to the Midlands for some candle dipping and chocolate shopping, as well as a trip to the Natal Lion Park, where we touched elephants and hung out in a cage with lions!
We also took a trip to Crocodile Creek....unbeknownst to us, it is actually a meat and skin farm, which kind of took the fun out of the trip. However, we saw baby crocodiles being hatched (Miriam even hatched one!) and a feeding of the adult crocodiles, and ate some smoked crocodile to top off the day.
There were other fun things sprinkled in there, like McDonald's breakfasts, mini golf, movies, eating at our favorite spots, and Christmas shopping.
Christmas came and went. We had a lovely Greek Christmas Eve dinner here at Appelsbosch, complete with carols and candles and with eggnog and baklava for dessert. Christmas day we opened presents with the Farrells, Miriam, Tim, and Steph (our close friends that were here for Christmas) before heading off to the ship for some community time. We had a yummy brunch of pastries and fruit, a short Christmas service, and a large Christmas braai of beef, sausage, and fish - not your typical Christmas food, but good all the same. We spent the evening with friends, reminiscing about Christmas traditions in our home countries.
Now we are preparing for the next leg of our vacation. Samuel's family arrives today, and on Monday we are all off on a 2-week vacation which will include a safari game drive, a hippo boat tour, and lots of quality family time. At the end of those two weeks, my dad is coming for 5 days as well! We are quite excited by all of this and will probably be out of contact the entire time....so,
Happy 2011!! We hope you have a safe and blessed time celebrating with family - we know we will!!
Love,
The Slennetts
Lovely blog fotos, best regard from Belgium
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