A little taste of South Africa

Well - the weekend has come and gone! On the bright side (literally) the sun came out and the rain stopped. We decided to explore our neighborhood. On Saturday morning we drove around looking for parks and playgrounds for Nathan. We also went to fill up with gas. There is a grocery store in the area that gives you 10c per gallon off (=17c per liter in SA) for every $50 that you spend on groceries. We spent over a $100 on groceries, so that qualified us for 20c per gallon discount! This means that when the price of gas for normal people is $2.79 per gallon (R4.75 per liter), we pay $2.59 per gallon (R4.41 per liter). So as you see that is a very good incentive! once we had a full tank, we carried on exploring and we found a World Market store. This store sells products from different countries including South Africa. We walked out of there with a bottle of Mrs Ball's Chutney ($6) and an Aero!!!!! The chutney was put away for special occasions but Nathan and I loved the Aero!

In the afternoon, Nathan and I went looking for a park close to us and we found one just down the road. It wasn't as nice as other's but it had swings and slides - which is Nathan's staple playground diet. Much to my surprise, Nathan had more fun with me on a beach volleyball court running after a ball! This may just be the start of something..........

After the playground, we took a drive along the lake front! It really is beautiful and the houses are incredible!!

On Sunday we tried our first church here - about 8 mins from our place. It was quite small compared to the churches we have frequented, with about 50 - 60 people in attendance. But what I liked was the music they played before the service. Upbeat, modern Christian artists -my kind of taste! The praise and worship band consisted of an electric guitarist, bass guitarist and drummer, 2 backing vocals and the worship leader. Trevor Basson would love this church because we sang a Newsboys (Contemporary Christian band) song as one of our praises songs! It was a good service, but Liesel and I will still visit another church next week to see what they offer! After lunch today, we headed back to the lake-side beach. It was quite windy and cool, so we didn't stay too long, but long enough for me to feel the water (not freezing!) and taste it too. It is very weird when you have waves breaking and rocks and beach sand, but there is not a hint of salt anywhere. Quite strange!!