Kaaaaap Stad

This was the first time I noticed just how beautiful Cape Town is... wish I could deny it, but hot damn!
To live in a city and still be in amongst such natural wonder would make me happy!

We went wondering Long Street, lunching at Royale, coffee-ing in Kalk Bay, wondering in awe at how Muizenberg pretty much is a town full of my dream house, hilarious afternoons of lifting big mamas (packets of potatoes and all) out of stuck trains and walking along the tracks to safety, long hikes in Silvermine and swimming in Rooibos coloured reservoirs, climbing down Lions Head way after sunset with only a quarter moon, mixed relaxed potluck dinners and some Pneumatic Orchestra jiving... all in all a wonderful week spent with some of our best friends!

Oh the majestic land of Ethiopia: Part 2

See Part 1 of a glance into our trip to Ethiopia here, and enjoy some more photos below...

See some more photo's here from Curtis's blog.

Oh the majestic land of Ethiopia: Part 1

Warning: this a photo-heavy post and may take time to load, but its worth it!

This post has taken far too long to put together but its flippin hard to cover nearly a month of travel in one post and not overburden your computer with long loading times etcetera etcetera! So I have chosen some of my favourite photos from the trip, ones that made the best attempt of capturing some beautiful moments in time.

From crazy Addis Ababa, the island monasteries on Lake Tana, the Blue Nile Falls, the Castles of Gondar, the stelae fields and underground tombs of Axum, rock hewn churches of Lalibela, and trekking in the Bale Mountains, jerky bus rides, breezy tuk-tuks and long walks - Ethiopia is without a doubt a place that has to be visited, it is like nothing you would expect and so rewarding in its unknown history and unique culture!

Ok I'm done sounding like a travel magazine, here is a bit of Ethiopia in 2011, as seen through the eyes of Curtis and myself:

P.S. Curtis has done a sterling job of doing more in depth posts with much better descriptions (him being the one with a gift for words in the relationship) over here.

Off to the Horn of Africa

After lots of planning and the odd hiccup, in a few hours Curtis and I will be off to the mystical and intriguing land of Ethiopia...

Three and a half weeks of local buses, plenty of walking and I'm sure some 'once in a lifetime' experiences are ahead of us!

That also means that there will be no posts for a while, but there will be an abundance upon my return :)

Dreamy Paris

If this doesn't make you want to explore Paris then I don't know what will...

Check out some other "Live the Language" videos here.

This video: EF - Live The Language - Paris from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.