Party

It was coming up for my 30th, and we were getting visitors! Karin was visiting Roz in the UK, so they both flew to Barcelona for the weekend! It was such fun having them here!

On the Friday night, we had about 12 people in our little flat, and lots of wine was drunk! It was a great night, we should do it again!

On Saturday we went for a walk around Sant Cugat. Then we came home and had a few drinks and some dinner.

Roz left early on Sunday morning, so I took her to the airport while Sean & Karin went to the Irish pub to watch the rugby final. I joined them there afterwards. It was so crowded!

On the way back home, the three of us stopped in Sant Cugat and had a bottle of cava. It was a really lovely day. Karin left on Monday morning, so it was back to the books for me!

Not for long though, as Craig & Carol stayed with us for a couple of nights on their way back to SA. I met them in Barcelona on the Tuesday, and they left on Thursday to go to SA. It was just a quick stopover, but was so awesome to have them here!

Majorca

September was a quiet month for us. Just working for Sean & studying for me. It was nearly the end of the month when we realised that we wanted to visit Craig & Carol while they were in the Med, but had forgotten about that! So plans were made & tickets were booked and we flew to Majorca for the weekend at the beginning of October! What fun! So awesome to spend time relaxing with great people!

Such a beautiful place! It was really a great weekend.

Visitors!

It was about a week after I got back from SA when I went down to the port to pick up Duncan and Sel. They had come to visit and were going to be staying with us for a week! We were very excited!

The week went by far too quickly, but we did a lot in that week! They went in to Barcelona to have a look around on Thursday. Friday morning one of their friends came to stay for the weekend, and we joined Sean for a drink after work! She was really tired, so she had a nap!

Saturday we went to the Sitges, and lay on the beach all day! When we got back to Sant  Cugat, we went for a few drinks at the local! The girls even got up to sing!

 The week went by so fast, and they were gone too soon! But it was so great having them stay, and I look forward to seeing  Duncan in Australia!

Holiday time!

After getting back from London, we had about 3 weeks until we left for South Africa! We flew into Joburg and stayed with Paddy & Jo for the weekend. We spent a lot of time with Matt & Corlia & little baby Max! It was really awesome seeing everyone in Joburg, as there are a lot of people there that we don't see often enough!

We left Joburg, and headed for Cape Town!

First stop (more or less);

We went to SA in July for Corri's birthday! We were also able to fit in Jackie's 30th though, where we drank some wine!

We stayed in Le Franschoek, as we got a great deal, and headed to Zorgvliet for lunch on the Sunday to celebrate with Corri and the family! Was a great day at a beautiful setting, if a little cold!

One day, while Sean had a meeting, I had lunch with the girls!

Of course there was bubbly!!!
One night at Bee's:

We met up with Derek and Brandon at Forries.

Karin and Kevin went to Namibia for a holiday, so we joined them for their first three nights at the Orange River, where we stayed at Frontier, and spent time with Adam and Maudie. It was such fun and relaxing! Just what we needed!

We spent some time catching up with a lot of our friends! A great holiday all round, really.
Sean went back to Spain, but I stayed on to work on the farm while Ben & Ed went to Indonesia for a surf trip. It was an extra five weeks, but a good five weeks.
Before he left, we joined Bee for her birthday dinner at Beluga

I went to Interschools, which I hadn't done since I left school!!!

The Rugby that we saw!

Fun day, fun night! Not surprisingly, I didn't do much the next day!!!

Then there was a lunch at G & C's where there were 5 kids in the bath!!

I had a divine luch at Le Quartier Francais in Franschoek with my school friends

I had lunch with Stefan & Talita

And I spent some time with Ben when he got back from his trip

It was a good trip all round, but I was glad to go back home to Sean!

Exam time again!

April was study time for me! I had exams coming up in May/June, 5 exams in 5 weeks, so that was what I was doing!
I went to London to write my exams, and stayed with Roz in Essex. What an awesome time that was! I really enjoyed spending time with them and the kids! Three kids is hard work!!!

I had studied hard, and it paid off, as I got four distinctions! I'm very pleased with that result.

Roz really helped me with my knee as well. She gave me great exercises to do, and by the time I left there, I was walking nearly normally!

 Love those kids!!!

When I went into London to write my exams, I met up with Eloise when I could. That was a really good time! After my first exam, it was such a beautiful day that we went to Hyde park, drank about 3 bottles of bubbly and ate strawberries! Good times!

After that, we went to the bar where Shana works, to say hello, and drank more bubbly, because that's just how we roll! Duncan joined us, as he was in the UK at the time, so it was a little cousin reunion! Really fun day.

The day of my last exam, Sean was arriving in London for work! I was very excited, as I hadn't seen him for four and a half weeks! I was supposed to leave the next day, but extended by trip to stay the weekend!
I met up with Michelline, and we had some cocktails! Actually, lots & lots of cocktails! Sean joined us a bit later!

It was a great night! I don't remember what time we left, but it was such fun!
I stayed with Sean at his hotel that night.
The next day while Sean was working, I met up with Eloise again.

We went to her old hood, and had the most delicious lunch, followed by macaroons by Pierre Herme! It didn't end there, we then had delicious Gelato's at a place in Soho! This was followed, of course, by some bubbles...

Excellent day!
I stayed with Sean again that night, and we went for dinner at the George & Dragon, where we had some typical English fish & chips!!

The next day was Friday, so I went back to Essex, where Sean joined us when he had finished work. We spent the weekend with Roz, Sam and the kids, and had a great time. Pauline and Toby joined us for one night, and it was great to see them too!
The weather was so beautiful that weekend!

Because I had extended my trip, I was able to make Michelline's 30th birthday party! Really excited about that! So Sean and I made our way into London for a bit of fun with Michelline!

The Sunday was so lovely, so we all went for a walk in the park.

What a wonderful time I had living with the Penneys! I really enjoyed spending time getting to know the kids better!