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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 84 of Level 1, 23 December 2021

 

Thursday 23 December 2021, Day 84 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a very organized work day, starting at 6h00, and working straight through until 14h00, to catch up on more work and to prepare for two meetings this afternoon, not even having time for a Bakoven walk; for fetching my post at the Vlaeberg Post Office, as Waterfront post boxes are being moved to elsewhere, the new Branch Manager Jacques whom I’ve known for years from the Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 83 of Level 1, 22 December 2021

 

Wednesday 22 December 2021, Day 83 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a cooler day today compared to yesterday, at 27C, surprisingly considerable quieter in Camps Bay; for a very busy working morning, trying to catch up on work not done in the past two days, due to birthday celebrations and the 21 hour power blackout; for squeezing in a very quick Bakoven walk; for two Discovery Gameboard plays; for getting balloons for our Zest Chef Scott Melvin, for his birthday of yesterday when he took the day off; for a good meeting with newkings, Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 68 of Level 1, 7 December 2021

 

Tuesday 7 December 2021, Day 68 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a peaceful relaxed working day, posting on clients’ Social Media; for doing some personal admin; for receiving delivery of a Christmas order I placed with Haack & Heart, so fabulous to receive it at home; for a walk to Bakoven; for collecting two 4 kg bags of Whiskas cat food, my CatKids’ favourite, which Pick n Pay Camps Bay had kept for me; for The Pottery Camps Bay confirming that they now serve tea 💙; for a meeting with Chef Pavel at Zest, so lovely to see so many diners enjoying the lovely view Continue reading →

SA Travel Ban: a good news story of a German couple staying in Cape Town a week longer than planned!

 

German couple Wolfgang and Cornelial wanted some Cape sunshine, and booked a two week trip to Cape Town spontaneously.  Their travel agent booked them three destinations: Franschhoek, Sanbona, and the V& A Waterfront in Cape Town. They had visited Cape Town seven years ago.

The Travel Ban was instituted by most countries in Europe, the USA and UK on their last day, a Black Friday of 26 November.  They received notification late that evening that their Qatar flight to Frankfurt had been cancelled for the following day. Instead of being upset about it, they saw the positive side of it, in enjoying a further week in our beautiful Cape and country.  Continue reading →