Monday morning I used Carol’s car to drive Chris, Linda, Alison and myself into Port Elizabeth to have morning coffee (elevenses) with Wout & Vilia Offerman, whom we have known since 1969 when we moved into the area where they then lived, Bluewater Bay, and became neighbors. On our way into town, we stopped in Bluewater Bay to show C&L where we used to live in a street called Maureen Circle, first at No.18 which we rented and where we lived when Melanie was born, then to No.7 which we bought, then to No. 4 which we rented from Wout and Vilia while we finished building No.9, where we had bought the plot next door to No.7 and decided to owner-build. It took us two years! All of our moving was done by carrying our furniture across or down the street! We also drove along Amsterdamhoek and into the village of Swartkops where we used to shop and where Clare went to primary school. Nostalgia!
We had a lovely visit with W&V and then went on to a local shopping center to make a few purchases (Chris already needed a new San Disk for his camera and would go on to need more!).
We returned to Sundays River and later took a boat trip up the river where we had “sundowners” and watched the birds. We saw a goliath heron which I was not aware could be found in this area – we had seen them in Kruger Park. Another lovely day.
We had a lovely visit with W&V and then went on to a local shopping center to make a few purchases (Chris already needed a new San Disk for his camera and would go on to need more!).
We returned to Sundays River and later took a boat trip up the river where we had “sundowners” and watched the birds. We saw a goliath heron which I was not aware could be found in this area – we had seen them in Kruger Park. Another lovely day.
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