1 Year Today

We left South Africa.  Where has the time gone.  For this anniversary post I thought I would list all the things that I miss about South Africa and a couple that I don't and then tomorrow do the same for my new homeland.

I MISS

• Very obviously my friends. Some more than others.
• Sushi OMG how I miss sushi and the fantastic sushi bars that you get in and around Cape Town and my favourite - Willougbys at the Waterfront. Try the prawn tempura pure heaven.
• The restaurants in general, I certainly haven't been to many here (and of course remembering that we live in the sticks) but I still think the South African restaurants are better.
• Seeing the baboons in the Tokai forest.
• The squirrels in my garden.
• Drying my washing in the sun - I can't tell you how much I miss that.  Here my whites seem to be getting very grey - sorry to throw in that very domestic problem here.
• Familiar faces.  I have started to bump into people in the village that I know but there is no real history with people.
• Cheap good wine!!!!
• The tap water, the water in the East of Suffolk is full of limescale and it's tastes very salty. YUCK.

I DONT MISS

• The car guards!
• People trying to grab my trolley when I come out of a supermarket.
• The people selling stuff at the robots (traffic lights in the UK).
• The school fees.
• The medical aid fees.
• The doom and gloom in the newspapers.
• The SABC news reports and reporters.
• Seeing needy, desperate people everyday.