My mom had an early appointment at the dentist and I went in with her. It was my old dentist from 24 years ago! And he and a few staff members still recognized me. We then stopped at an opthalmologist for an on the spur of the moment eye test. We did order a new pair of glasses. By now we were hungry and ate at the Wimpy - a nice setting with big windows - you feel like you are almost eating outside: My diabetes prevented my from ordering one of these! A day like this totally exhausts my mom, but she really enjoyed the eating out.
My mom in the front of the house. To our surprise, Telkom sent out two guys to replace the DSL line that brings the internet into the house. And they were just standardly replacing it with fibre optic cable. This prevents copper wire attracting lightning and also copper theft (something that has been happening since the nineties). It is so nice seeing the summer green plants. We could not remember the name of this shrub - after 30 plus years it now looks more like a tree. The next two photos were taken in the back yard. And this is the local wildlife in the back yard:
Arrived in Amsterdam 8 hours after departure. Spent three hours walking around on Schipol airport. Fairly quiet and some of the booths were just opening up at seven in the morning. On my second flight from Amsterdam to Johannesburg, I saw snow, central African drought, and a beautiful sunset. I arrived well after 11 Monday evening and slept in a hotel on the airport. Of course, my room was at the end of this hellish passage:
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