South Africa...week 1

Our countdown to our holiday was finally over and we arrived in South Africa on Saturday the 17^th December.  We spent the night with our friends, Bruce and Kate, in Johannesburg where they welcomed us with our first good old chicken Weber.  We were well and truly back in our homeland!

On Sunday we flew to Port Elizabeth to visit my family for the first week of our holiday.  The week was filled with lots of family get togethers, partying and good food!

My parents

Some if the highlights included:

Seeing my sister and her husband - It was only for 1 day as my sister had to work over Christmas, but it was short and sweet as always.

Mom and Sister

Dad, Sister and Brother-in-law

The King’s – Our aunt, uncle and cousins were also staying at my parents for the Christmas period. We had a great time with them especially at their wedding anniversary lunch.



The Kings

The braai that turned into a party – All the family were invited for a braai at my uncle Derrick’s place.  What started off as a relatively calm braai (and I say relatively because with such a huge family things are never quite calm) turned into a sing along party, with shooters, guitar playing brothers and a chorus of singers. Definitely a family night to remember.

Hubby and I enjoying the braai

Uncle Derrick

Christmas – Christmas was held at my parent’s house and we set up tables and decorated them in a Christmas theme.  Due to the warm weather we decided on cold meats and salad with all the family allocated specific dishes to make. As usual it was a feast! 

Some of the girl cousins

The feast

Other SA food – My parents took us for a lovely breakfast at Vovo Telo (http://www.vovotelo.com/main.htmland) we enjoyed shopping at the stores across the road.  We also went for delicious pizzas at Leonardos at the boardwalk.

Coffee at Vovo Telo

Family!

Our week with my family flew by way too quickly but then we were off to Knysna for the second week...