Living in Tamarindo

Posted by Kristina

If you’ve already read the blog titled, “Apartheid Museum”, then you know we’re staying in a cold house, but this morning it wasn’t a cold house, I believe, but don’t quote me, but I believe it was close to sub-zero temperatures. Ethel our host, who is a lovely woman, made an amazing breakfast, sausages, bacon, toast, fried eggs, cheeses, and all the accouterma’. YOU COULD SEE OUR BREATH! White we ate, you could see our breath. We were glad to be out and in the sun.  Read more... (404 words, 8 images, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

Posted by Kristina

Off we were. Our drive from Ballito to Johannesburg for the US vs. Slovenia game. We left around 8:30 and arrived around 2:30 at our hosts home. She was a wonderful woman, with two amazing German Shepards, some of the biggest I’ve seen. Only one complaint, her house was the coldest home Patrick and I have ever been in. It was about 55 degrees F in the sun, I think it was 50 degrees F in the house. When we arrived, she was wrapped in a comforter and had a space heater next to her. We later told her daughter, who has been our travel agent through this trip, that she needs to buy her mom a heater. She responded, “She doesn’t like to spend the money on electricity.” We changed the fastest we’ve ever changed and took off for the Apartheid Museum.  Read more... (258 words, 2 images, estimated 1:02 mins reading time)