Army Thread 26th April 2010

[maslow23]

Army Thread 26th April 2010

a fun song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA5MtAmT24g[/video]]YouTube - Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant (HQ Audio)

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th April 2010

maslow23;843642 wrote: a fun song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA5MtAmT24g[/video]]YouTube - Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant (HQ Audio)

One of my favourites, Maslow

THe one thing I love about my son is that he digs 80s music. Makes it so much easier on the ear to have your young teenager blast that kind of music from his room.

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th April 2010

Let's start the Photobucket tour with a picture of me, so you can compare what I looked like at 9 with me at 39.

and gone again

PM me if you really want to see

[rubywillow]

Army Thread 26th April 2010

We all love the 70's stuff!

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th April 2010

We left (doh!) from home. As you can see, the Garden of Bounce still looks nice & green. Good thing we live in winter rainfall area, so we don't have the same dusty brown environment as much of inland South Africa has.

[rubywillow]

Army Thread 26th April 2010

Only dif I see is your got taller than your hair.

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th April 2010

rubywillow;843646 wrote: We all love the 70's stuff!

Oops, I thought it was 80s...

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th April 2010

On the way to Franschoek, we passed through a small town (a row of houses on either side of the road, really). There is a graveyard with what must be one of the best views over the Boland mountains.

[rubywillow]

Army Thread 26th April 2010

Beautiful! A plot with a view.

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th April 2010

We stopped in the Franschoek main road and walked to the restaurant we had lunch at.

The 1st pic is of the local post office. What I actually wanted to show, but didn't come out so clearly, was the stalls in front of the building, run by refugees from Zimbabwe and Somalia.



We walked past a branch of one of the local banks as well. I took this picture because it is typical of Cape Dutch architecture, which you'll find all over the Western Cape.

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th April 2010

We ate at a pizzeria. It was lubberly!!! They have the crispiest, thinnest base you can wish for. Mine had roast black mushrooms, garlic, bacon & blue cheese. I took home a doggie bag with the 4 slices I couldn't polish off.

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th April 2010

This was the view from our table. See the sign for the gelatos? That's where we had dessert. Mrs. T had something creamy I can't recall, cub had strawberry sorbet, cubette double choc and I had toffee caramel. Yum!

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread 26th April 2010

Will ya slow down. yer making is dizzy.

Up to now I've managed KT running off with stirly, good grief woman are 2 men not enough.

Rubes eats children

and somewhere Maslow's here :welcome:

leave you lot alone for two minutes and this is what yer get up too

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th April 2010

On our way out of town, we drove past the Huguneot museum, dedicated to the French Huguenots who fled France as a result of religious persecution by the Roman Catholic Church. The whole town has a French (and often rather pretentious) air. I am descended from (amongst other hings) French Huguneot stock. I am not pretentious, however

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread 26th April 2010

From Franschoek, you have to go over a mountain pass to get to Villiersdorp. This is a view of the Franschoek valley about halfway up the mountainside.