Category Archives: vaccinations

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 7 of Level 1, 7 October 2021

 

Thursday 7 October 2021, Day 7 of Level 1 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for an unusual day, starting with the fabulous inclusion of Zest onto The Inside Guide Hottest 30 new restaurants list; for allowing myself to take the afternoon off so that Annette Krueck and I could see the Bond ‘No Time to Die’ movie at the Labia Cinema, a two and a half hour long movie with lots of skop, skiet and donder as is expected of a Bond movie; for fetching my poppyseed rolls at Dinkel Bakery, and my German cold meat treats at Hartlief (they have the best droëwors too); for a delicious Tasting Menu dinner paired with five wines at Utopia, it being full with a buzz, Continue reading →

UK removes South Africa from its Red List, with 46 other countries, opens the door to SA Tourism

 

The best news in 18 months of the Corona Lockdown broke today, with the UK announcing that it will remove South Africa and 46 other countries from its Red List as of Monday 11 October. Only seven countries will remain on the UK Red List on Monday: Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

Vaccinated Visitors may enter the UK on the same conditions as those of UK residents, but may not have travelled in a Red List country in the ten days before arriving in the UK.  South Africa has been on the Red List since December 2020.

A further positive step is that South Africans’ proof of vaccination will be accepted by the UK.   South African travellers will have to show the results of a Covid Test. No hotel quarantine will be required from Monday onwards, a costly affair for travellers to the UK, having to stay in  prescribed quarantine hotels at a cost of close to R50000.

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Corona Virus:Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 5 of Level 2, 17 September 2021

 

Friday 17 September 2021, Day 5 of Level 2 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for an action-packed day, but well-timed with one exception; for a sunny warm 21C day but with the South-Easter blowing; for my rolls and also eggs waiting for me at Dinkel Bakery;  for good Anatoli and Utopia Status meetings, the first time we’ve held them in the morning, as the client postponed them to today; for dropping off Chef Prim Reddy Chapter prize of Adhara Extra Virgin olive oil as a 2021 Top 10 Woman Chef at her Indian Chapter restaurant in Blouberg, sadly she not there; for a good status meeting at Harvest Culture Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 28 of Level 3, 23 August 2021!

 

Monday 23 August 2021, Day 28 of Level 3 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a sunny day at 18C, but chilly now as clouds roll in for rain later tonight, with very cold winter weather awaiting us from Thursday onwards; for an early Manager meeting at Zest, the first which I have attended, followed by a Marketing meeting with Chef Pavel, and then greeting two sets of Camps Bay guests in the restaurant; for having the slow tyre leak fixed at Super Quick in Sea Point, taking 5 minutes and costing only R100; for donating blood, receiving a cooler bag which doubles up as a seat too, it is so strong, and a pair of socks, which I’ll donate to a car guard; for a working Continue reading →