This evening we went to visit Dax's customer and family in Delmas. They invited us to their braai. All I can say, is that American's "got nothin'" compared to this for a cookout/bbq. This beats any family reunion picnic or cookout, neighborhood bbq, or other gathering. We had such a delightful time with Gert Davis and his family. Bedro (Gert's wife), Gert (his son) and Sjuna (daughter-in-law), Bernadette (Gert's daughter) and Dewald (son-in-law), Codan (Bernadette and Dewald's 4 year old son), and Ben ("Jacobi") and Bettie (Gert's parents) shared their home with us all evening. We didn't get back "home" until nearly 11 p.m. Isaiah had a grand time playing pool, ping pong, and messing around with one of their dogs, Sharky, a 3 month old Scottish Terrier.
Back Row (L-R): Sjuna, Bedro, Bernadette, Gert, Codan
Front Row (L-R): Gert, Dewald
At our braai, we had: Steak, pork, mutton, boerewors, bacon, a pasta salad that had unusual spices, a different potato salad, slap pap (smooth maize meal porridge) with some kind of sauce, grilled mushrooms, olives, tomatoes, cheese, pineapple, candies, cookies, chocolates, raisins, bread, our favorite malva pudding with custard and milk tart. We even had hot chocolate, tea and coffee with our dessert. DELICIOUS!
Gert has such delightful parents. I really enjoyed visiting with them extensively. Gert is a known South African artist and gave us one of his paintings that he just finished. It is actually still drying out on the deck. Ben ("Jacobi") is a self-taught painter.
Check out some of his work online:
http://www.ferreiraart.com/artists.php?artist=56
Gert's Parents, Ben and Bettie
Well, we are currently gearing up for our long travel back to London. Our first flight doesn't leave until 10:20 p.m. We fly from here to Dubai, then quickly find our favorite Airbus A380 to London. We have about 16 hours of flight time ahead of us. We'll catch the Hotel Hoppa to our hotel and hopefully get a great night's sleep in London. Then, on Friday, we rent a bigger car (no longer a manual Warthog Express) and drive up to Chorley. So, if we are too tired, we won't update the blog in London, we'll just wait until Friday when we get into Chorley.
Hoping for a fantastic 24 hours of travel with no snags!
Oh, and here are Isaiah's final goodbyes to his new posse. We love our rotts.
Isaiah and Bush
Isaiah and Jabby
Isaiah and George--that dog is always looking for trouble.
Isaiah and Jokky
Isaiah and our Rotts.
Pictured L-R: Isaiah, Bush, Jokky, George, Jabby
We will update the blog when we can! Probably in Chorley.
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