Well, I have been here for nearly a month now and it has just flown by! The weather has been absolutely gorgeous minus the occasional hail storm :-). I don't even know where to start since I haven't written in so long. Last week, we spent the week in Sun City and it was AMAZING. We stayed a week at the Vacation Club which is like a self-catering family part and then the weekend in the Cascades/Palace. We layed out in the sun everyday and went to the Casino and ate out and relaxed and swam and drank and did what anyone would do on vacation. I got a bit of a tan and would have more if it weren't for my constant re-application of SPF 50. I got a little burnt on my stomach and I got a bee sting on my arm the last day which is swollen since I didn't get all of the poinson/stinger out.
One morning we had breakfast at The Palace. It is rated one of the best hotels and breakfasts in the world. The breakfast is 180 Rand each which is like $25 but well worth it! They have every kind of juice (including smoothies), every kind of cheese, meat, cereal, danish, someone making omelttes, someone making "pancakes" (crepes) and waffles, a sushi bar, oysters, every kind of fruit you could think of (I got to try lots of new ones!), etc etc etc. I ate so much that I wasn't even hungry until dinner! Had to get my money's worth!
We divided our time between 3 pools: the pool at the Cascades, the pool at the Palace and the pool at the Vacation Club. On our trip was of course, me and Donovan, Natalie and Brandon and Jordan and Joshua. Also, Natalie and Brandon's friends' Janine and David came with their kids, Dana and Dillian. The Cascades pool and Vacation Club pool are gorgeous pools but nothing compares to the Palace. People bring you towels and lay them on the super comfortable lounge chairs...they bring you drinks and people go around giving massages. I didn't get one at the Palace but I did have a back/neck/shoulder massage at the spa one day.
Donovan and I have started to learn Roulette so we have been playing that. I only play black or red and I'm up like 400 RAND and Donovan is up like 1500 RAND because he plays for real.
I've met some more of Donovan's friends. We went to his friend Sheldon's farm which is cool because he has like 10 dogs, horses, chickens, ducks, etc etc.
I have been working half days at the office searching for estates, casinos, etc to try and get a landscaping/gardening/maintenance contract there. The kids here don't have to wear shoes to school! Can you believe it?! Well at least while they are young...
I will post my many pictures up later on....
xoxo
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i was waiting and waiting for you to post a new entry! i was so excited just now when i saw it! but, sounds like you had an awesome vacation.. i can't wait to see pictures! glad your having fun, i can't believe you've been there for a month already! your going to be home before you know it... yayyy =) tell don i said hello.. love you miss you.
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