Apartheid Museum

We went to the Apartheid Museum this weekend and learned
the history of Mandela, the rise and fall of the Apartheid, and
the first democratic election. What a great history experience.

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Rhino & Lino Park

We had a great Sunday hanging out with the lion's, wild dogs, and cheetah's. It was exciting to see them being fed in the safety of our car. After seeing the animals being fed we drove around and spotted many zebra, antelope, ostridge, and rhino. Next time we go we will have to go into the cave, see the reptile show, and be part of the Cheetah run!


No worries about safety here!

4X4 Trip

We had a fun 4x4ing trip this weekend. We did some intense convoying with our friends and had fun being in their Land Rovers. I don’t know why we don’t sell these models in the USA. We had a full day of going through crazy obstacles, braaiing, and watching the animals on the game reserve.

Together at Last

Hello Everyone! Our house in Kansas is finally packed up after three days of very hard work and now we finally arrived back in South Africa TOGETHER!! (6 months apart) Now the real adventure can start :) Our flight was very enjoyable with no problems at all; we arrived early, our luggage made it too, and we had plenty of room the entire flight. We came back to the SA house with a few upgrades from the landlord. Our house now has an awning over the downstairs patio. We can enjoy sitting outside and making a braii (bbq) rain or shine.
We spent most of the weekend unpacking, relaxing, catching up on sleep, and playing Wii. The weather has been great for it being winter. It is a little cool in the morning and evenings but beautiful during the day! More exciting things to come….don’t forget to check back!

Here is a link to pictures from graduation weekend back in Kansas: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2178551&id=63901203&l=3ba4a9f9f9

Amy's Visit

Amy took the long journey over to South Africa to see what it was all about. She had no problems with the 20 plus hour flight in the air. We wasted no time when she arrived and flew down to Cape Town. When we were there we did wine tasting, Cable mountain, penguin watching, and checked out the nude beaches…he he. When we got back to Pretoria we continued the exciting adventures and did a zip line canopy tour, checked out Jo'Berg, and did a South African Brewery (SAB) tour. Amy really enjoyed the tasty fillet steaks and great wine South Africa has to offer. I think she will come back in May when I go get her! :-)

Here is a link to pictures from Amy's trip to South Africa in March: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2170993&id=63901203&l=4b67d5f81e

Getting Settled In

Hello! Mark is now back in South Africa. He has been busy with work and learning the ropes! He also is working on getting everything figured out with the house such as internet and phone. The weather has been in the upper 80 -90 degree range with very little humidity. The pool in the back yard is being put in as we speak. He has met the neighbors and they seem to be pretty nice and are eager to teach Mark how some things are done in South Africa. They have offered to show me the best places to shop when I get there! I will be visiting in March for two weeks and then will be moving there in May.

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Here is a link to pictures of the house:

http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=63901203&k=62FU6YQ34X6M5FDCRF56WQ