Martin has arrived

Well, after many trials and tribulations, Martin has finally arrived from Australia. We picked him up at 7.00am this morning (Friday) after a 23 hour journey via Hong Kong. He therefore visited three continents in 24 hours! He was pretty knackered so is currently having a well earned nap. Faither is also having a nap; I can hear him snoring on the sofa in the next room! We have a few plans for Martin’s visit. Tomorrow, we are going to the company's box at the rugby in Pretoria to watch "our" team, the Bloue Bulls, playing the Waratahs from Sydney- guess Martin’s loyalties might be with the Aussie team! On Sunday we are going out to lunch with two couples from the philosophy school, Martin is worried he might have forgotten all his degree stuff by now! Next weekend we are going to a game lodge and will take the early morning safari drive on Saturday. He’d hoped he might get a gun, but we explained he can only shoot film, not animals!! Tonight we will fire up the big braai and let him try South African fare. We will be having chops, mealies, wors, pap and chakalaka with melktert for afters. And no doubt copious quantities of the product of SA,s vineyards too. He has not had a great welcome weatherwise, it is raining and 11 degrees today, but should get better over the rest of the weekend.