The road to town is paved with .... mud, mud and even more mud !Well … not quite !
This is our main farm road – actually, the road which eventually brings you directly to our house. This photo was taken in the rainy season, hence all the water (my car has become stuck in this very section of the road before – but that’s another story !)
Anyway, we are off for a weekend of freedom (ha !) to the “big city”. We have been invited to a birthday party/dinner tonight in town, and will be staying over with friends who have 3 children who will be babysat tonight along with our daughter. I’ve only ever left her once before (with this same baby sitter) as the other times she’s been left have been when I’ve been visiting my parents in South Africa, and they have looked after her (whilst I’ve gone clothes shopping!) So I’m pretty nervous about leaving her for a few hours - but am sure she’ll be just fine !
Then tomorrow we have a combined wedding blessing ceremony/Christening/Wedding Anniversary lunch in a lovely spot about half an out outside the city. We have been invited by the couple who first employed us in Tanzania over 10 years ago. We really do owe them as they were willing to give us a chance here when not many other people would, as we did not have enough experience at that stage, as hotel managers. They gave us a job as Camp Manager’s for a luxury tented safari camp in the Tarangire National Park and the rest, as they say, is history ….
So I’ll be back after the weekend with all the news and hopefully some exciting reports back on what food we ate (the birthday dinner tonight is being hosted at a local restaurant). I am hoping to also meet up with an old Chef who used to work for me years ago as I think he will be doing some of the catering for tomorrow’s lunch.
‘Til then …..
This is our main farm road – actually, the road which eventually brings you directly to our house. This photo was taken in the rainy season, hence all the water (my car has become stuck in this very section of the road before – but that’s another story !)
Anyway, we are off for a weekend of freedom (ha !) to the “big city”. We have been invited to a birthday party/dinner tonight in town, and will be staying over with friends who have 3 children who will be babysat tonight along with our daughter. I’ve only ever left her once before (with this same baby sitter) as the other times she’s been left have been when I’ve been visiting my parents in South Africa, and they have looked after her (whilst I’ve gone clothes shopping!) So I’m pretty nervous about leaving her for a few hours - but am sure she’ll be just fine !
Then tomorrow we have a combined wedding blessing ceremony/Christening/Wedding Anniversary lunch in a lovely spot about half an out outside the city. We have been invited by the couple who first employed us in Tanzania over 10 years ago. We really do owe them as they were willing to give us a chance here when not many other people would, as we did not have enough experience at that stage, as hotel managers. They gave us a job as Camp Manager’s for a luxury tented safari camp in the Tarangire National Park and the rest, as they say, is history ….
So I’ll be back after the weekend with all the news and hopefully some exciting reports back on what food we ate (the birthday dinner tonight is being hosted at a local restaurant). I am hoping to also meet up with an old Chef who used to work for me years ago as I think he will be doing some of the catering for tomorrow’s lunch.
‘Til then …..
