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Amazing Arles – 7 Things We Loved

Arles is located in Provence, France; about a 4 hour train ride south of Paris.  As with many parts of Europe the Celts were among the early residents. Then the Romans took over in 123 BC. The town gained prominence when it sided with Julius...

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Updating My Posts

You may have noticed some of my posts are a bit scrambled; particularly, if you have done a search and ended up with one of my older posts.  That's because I had to move to a new blog editor, as the old editor no longer...

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Making Your Safari Dreams Come True!

An African safari had been on my bucket list for a long time, but it wasn’t on Mona’s list for a variety of reasons: safety, safety, and safety. However, that changed when we met an Aussie couple who had recently gone on safari and their...

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Safari at Simbavati

Leopard in the Timbavati Game Preserve. In September of 2018 we spent three days going on safaris while using the Simbavati Hilltop Lodge as our base.  During those three days we went on six safaris/game drives and enjoyed incredible meals and service from the Simbavati staff....

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Langa Township, Cape Town, SA

Let's start with some background on Langa. The township was created in 1927, well before apartheid become official policy, but under one of apartheid's precursor laws, the 1923 Urban Areas Act. This Act created segregated areas to manage the non-white population and to restrict the...

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