We've recently arrived in Cape Town after spending 2 months in Mpumlanga and we love it here! All of our friends from Sabie raved about the Cape and now we know why! We'll be here for a month and situated in wonderful Bo Kaap where we lucked out with our AIRbnb! We have an amazingly cute [...]
Since we arrived in Sabie, South Africa everyone we met has told us, "You need to go to Cape Town." We often replied with, "What's so great about Cape Town?" We had been looking at Mozambique or Durban and were confused why Cape Town was so great. Trudie extolled it's virtues and is even planning [...]
During the week from Christmas to New Years, we found ourselves in a delimma. We had a one week break without any Airbnb reservations. We pondered what to do and decided we would venture out and do some pet sitting. This turned out to be an amazing and fun decision! Our previous Arbnb host, Trudy, connected [...]
It's been a whirlwind! We've had an epic adventure so far and criss crossed our way through 3 countries! We loved the excitement and hustle bustle of Barcelona, the gentle mountains and peaceful life of Narila, the passion of Granada, the magnificance of Seville and laid back chill of Malaga and Nerja. In Spain we [...]
For those of you that know me well, you know that I have been a single mother and sole-provider to my children for many years. I loved my profession in the sense that I felt I was truly able to help people in the healing and recovery process. I worked in every environment possible as to [...]
We've had some amazing food in our 4 months of world travel and so we thought we would narrow it down to our favorite food from each of the three countries we've lived in so far! Spain We're starting with Spain, a country with a beautiful gastronomy and a love for FREE Tapas! There's so [...]
For the past 4-5 years I have been pondering if I wanted to pursue my Physical Therapy path. After 20 + years of practicing, I had somehow become bored despite changing environments. My soul seemed to be stagnant . How was I going to change that? I spent several hours researching the possibility of going back [...]
Before I left the US,I tried to get my prescriptions refilled for 6 months. As silly as it sounds,I was afraid to see a foreign doctor and was afraid they wouldn't have equivalent medications for what I had been taking for the past 7 years. Thank goodness we picked a small town to live in while [...]
Kaapsche Hoop, well known for it's Wild Horses which freely roam the streets, is a charming village situated in Mpumalanga, South Africa and about an hour from Sabie, where we're currently living. This increasingly popular village has become a tourist mecca and it's absolutely worth the drive. As you head into the mist covered mountains you're [...]
It's rainy season here in South Africa which pretty much means that it's going to rain every dang day. This makes it difficult to do some of the outdoor things we want to do and so on this particular day we thought, "Let's head up to the Highest Brewery in all of Africa!" "Hops Hollow, which [...]
Sabie is known as the "city of waterfals" and for good reason! We took a day trip with our favorite guide Trudie to two of the beautiful waterfalls and some beautiful caves. Our first stop was Lone Creek Falls. After a long drive along some dirt roads with wonderful scenary we arrived at the park [...]
It doesn't matter where you live in the world, when you're away from home for an extended time there are just certain things you have that nostalgic feeling for. Honestly, the more we travel and the more we see the more convinced we become that America is nowhere near as great as we thought it was [...]