Buonissimo You live a new life, for every language you speak Czech proverb A friend has said to us several times, “you guys must speak a bit of so many languages”. I guess it’s true. With every move, we’ve tried to learn the lingo. In Lusaka… Read More »Buonissimo
Traveller’s Tales Bedouins, caves and Nabatean paintings Guest post by Pádraig Downey The words of ones elders are greater than an amulet – Akan of Ghana So for the past 3 days, I have been having one of the most incredible experiences in Petra staying… Read More »TRAVEL
Habari? There is no better mirror, than an old friend – Cape Verde We just got back from Nairobi. We hadn’t been back in almost five years. We were excited to see our friends in NBO and to return to a few places, in this East… Read More »TRAVEL
Dreams of a Decade BUITENVERWACHTING Beyond expectations We’ve ushered in two decades together. This will be our third. Our first was the Millenium. It was a big deal in UK. Almost everyone we knew was booked up to go to big, over-priced events to welcome in the… Read More »SLOW
MOTHER CITY TIME’S GUIDE TO SRI LANKA Serendib Wisdom can be found travelling – Sri Lankan proverb Ceylon. The teardrop of India. The Island of Dharma. The pearl of the Orient. Serendib. There are many names for this Indian Ocean paradise. We first travelled… Read More »TRAVEL
An alternative Christmas “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” – Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu Christmas is coming. Our alternative tree is out, bought from a guy who sits on a street… Read More »SLOW
Hello Darling “Don’t be like the rest of them darling” – Coco Chanel A recent road trip to the Western Cape’s Atlantic coastline, took us up towards Langebaan. On our way back to the Mother City, we spent the weekend in a town called Darling. We approached the… Read More »TRAVEL
Wine and climb ‘Die beste dae begin met Koffie en eindig met wyn’ – Afrikaans (the best days start with coffee and end with wine) We first visited Cape Point Vineyards many years ago, on one of our first trips to The Mother City. We were… Read More »DRINK
Go Bokke “It always seems impossible until it’s done” – Nelson Mandela I remember Rugby World Cup (RWC) finals clearly, by the places we found ourselves in. Sometimes we’ve travelled especially to watch a match; meandering over potholes in local buses to reach the Copperbelt, flying to… Read More »TRAVEL
The most famous ship in the world “She is to be the swinging ship, the place to be, the cruise ship to beat all cruiseships’ Sir Basil Smallpiece – Cunard Chairman, 1969 We just got back from a cruise liner. But we didn’t sail anywhere! We stayed on… Read More »Travel