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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 33 of Level 1, 23 October 2020.

 

Friday 23 October 2020, Day 33 of Level 1, Day 211 of Lockdown. 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for a beautiful warm 23C day; for a second sleep this morning, after watching the Trump-Biden-Flix final debate Live from 3h00 this morning; for peace and quiet in the building, with no staff bar one working today; for staying home all day, getting my steps via Couchrobics to Kfm; for finally getting to Discovery Gold, from Silver, feeling like I’ve been here for the whole year already, with another 10000 points to go to get to Diamond 👣😱; for International Champagne Day 🍾🥂, even though I haven’t drunk any in celebration; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →

Sweet Service Award goes to City of Cape Town; Sour Service Award goes to Department of Home Affairs!

 

The Sweet Service Award goes to the City of Cape Town’s Electricity Department, for the repair of a street light in a dangerous corner on Victoria Road in Bakoven, less than 48 hours after I reported it to Councillor Nicola Jowell.

 

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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 29 of Level 1, 19 October 2020.

 

Monday 19 October 2020, Day 29 of Level 1, Day 207 of Lockdown. 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for another beautiful day, but cooler at 18C; for a busy writing day, writing two stories; for celebrating KitKat being with me for 6 months already, my Easter ‘present’, giving me so much love and joy, just like his ‘sister’ Minsky 😻😻; for harvesting some carrots from the garden; for a longer walk, up to Clifton 4th Beach, sadly with lots of litter alongside Glen Beach and Maidens Cove, being well rewarded by Discovery in Miles, being very close to getting back to Gold status for the third year running; for dancing to Kfm 💃;and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →

South Africa reduces list of Red countries for Leisure Tourism to 22, adds Germany!

 

The Department of Home Affairs has just announced its revised list of Red countries, being the countries whose citizens and residents may not travel into our country as Leisure Tourists. The initial List of 60 countries was announced on 30 September, with a promise of it being updated every 14 days, but the announcement today is late by five days!

Very sadly Germany has been added to the Red List, making all the Big Five source markets for our country Red!  Spain has been added to the List too, it having been a surprise that the country was not on the initial Red List.

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