02 February 2010

On the third day...





Today has been a day of two halves.  In the first half things didn’t really go according to plan!  Progress has been slow with the red tape of setting myself up to work here.  Unfortunately both the registrar at the Lesotho Medical, Dentistry & Pharmacy Council and the medical superintendent at the QEII were not available today.  I hope to make progress with this tomorrow.  Somewhat more frustrating however is that our apartment is without electricity.  So having moved in we had to pack an overnight bag and stay in a B&B for the night.  Again we hope this will be sorted tomorrow.  We are trying to adopt the laid back African attitude to life!! 

 

And now on to the second half of the day... we found a lovely B&B in the hillside to the south of the city.  It is called the Black Swan, and true to its name there are black swans in a pond, along with numerous other loud squawking creatures!!  A most restful spot!  After freshening up, we went for a lovely drive beyond the city limits.  We’ll leave you with some pictures taken of the gorgeous sunset and our gorgeous new Jeep (thanks Greg). 

4 comments:

  1. Great to hear all your news and that safely arrived - hope that you soon get used to the way things work there. The photos do help visualise what its like - love the jeep - looks like taken from a sales brochure.
    Back from skiing in one piece - thanks to my appliance!.
    Taken me a couple of hours to get this far - drained! Tim gave me a fright half way through as connected Skype by mistake - unnerving - let me know when you will be conected.
    Am I supposed to be doing this - or by email?
    Anyway,what a marvellous invention -am I twittering?
    Love Dad

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  2. Hey the Brouns.
    A quicky to say the rats are settling well into their new home and that it's good to see your new world drives on right side of the road. Keep up the good news.

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  3. Looks amazing guys. We hope you are having fun despite the set backs. Lots of love Amit and Uz

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  4. When you are abit more settled go to the ArtHouse in Bloemfontain- free- and they do good chocolate icecream. Love Eileen

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