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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 66 of Level 3, 5 August 2020.

 

Wednesday 5 August 2020, Day 66 of Level 3, after 66 days at Levels 5 and 4 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Gratitude for a sunny day today, despite it still being a chilly 14C as a result of a light South Easter, August looking like a wintry month all the way through; for the assistance I received from Ash Perremore Anthea Fletcher and Zoe Harbourne, who all tried to help me with my Amazon technical problem, not having lost hope yet to overcome it; for the amazing news today, that will bring an end to a five year trauma linked to my house in Hermanus, which should be confirmed tomorrow 🙏💙, Johan Prins having been sent to my Tourist Guide class with a purpose, and us becoming friends, another life lesson in the making, celebrating with a 🍷; for a walk through Camps Bay, very quiet again; for chats to Jenny Stephens, Stuart Bailey, and Johan x 2; for all the love in Camps Bay today, the sky having so many 💙-clouds 🙏💙; for a Discovery Gameboard play as well as a Cashback for low kilometers driven last month 💙; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 65 of Level 5, 4 August 2020.

 

Tuesday 4 August 2020, Day 65 of Level 3, after 66 days of Levels 5 and 4. 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for the rain which fell on and off today, lapped up by the vegetable and flower garden, catching me unawares when I did a quick walk to Maison J to get croissants 🥐, getting sopping wet but it was worth every drop in gifting Camps Bay with a beautiful rainbow 🌈 over Bali Bay; for Stuart Bailey coming to try to help me on his laptop with my Amazon job application; for the walk through the city centre, rediscovering it as a Tourist Guide, barely recognizing it, it being so quiet and so many business doors closed; for a indulgent Hot Chocolate at Honest Chocolate, nice and warm inside on this very cold 14C day; for collecting my tourist Guide card from the Western Cape Dept of Economic Affairs & Tourism on St George’s Mall, hardly recognizable without any stalls, looking like a European city pedestrian lane without any pedestrians 😱; for celebrating the two month battle of becoming officially registered as a Tourist Guide with an excellent lunch at Villa 47; for doing the Discovery Health Check at Clicks Glengariff Road 😱; for the assistance by Johan Prins and Bradley Moore to try to get the Amazon application completed; for getting into my warm bed already; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →

Restaurant Review: Kjolle puts Peruvian heritage fruit and vegetables on the table, with a modern twist!

 

While one might say that eating at Kjolle restaurant is second best to eating at its sister restaurant Central (Sixth Best on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants List) in Lima in Peru, I am very grateful that I did, and that I did so the day before my lunch at Central, it giving me a first taste of the philosophy of both the restaurants, owned by husband and wife team of Chefs Virgilio Martinez and Pia León, and in helping me to deal with some of the complexity of the Central Tasting Menu. Continue reading →

Restaurant Review: Peruvian Ecosystem central to Central in Lima in Peru, focus on Altitude but has no Attitude as the 6th Best Restaurant in the World!

When the idea came to me to make a three day stop in Lima, Peru, having to make a stop in the city anyway in flying from Havana to Buenos Aires, I could not have dreamt that I would be able to eat at two of three iconic restaurants in this city, it having two Top 10 World’s 50 Best Restaurants in the city, an unbelievable achievement.

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