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Home from Home from Home

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We are into our second week back at work and school and home number 1. When the realisation came that it is time to categories which place we are in at which time of the year! The more I think about it the more I know that the amount of time we spend in each place determines its number of importance of time spent in it. So Doha would be in the number 1 spot, Cyprus 2nd and South Africa 3rd. I suppose that would mean that I would now need to call Doha my home? Doha has brought with it a change in the focus of my life. I was brought up in a small mining town in the middle of South Africa, Welkom (meaning welcome in English). It is in the heart of the Free State in the middle of no where, with roundabouts and one  traffic light.  It. Was. Small. We would have family from all over South Africa around for Xmas holidays and spend the smoldering hot summer days lazing around the swimming pool or playing cricket or table tennis in the sprawling back garden. Else we ...

Merry Christmas for 2009 (7)

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Cyprus - April 2009 Easter was spent in Cyprus what a beautiful island it is and we had a fantastic holiday. It reminded us so much of SA’s landscapes, from rocky outcrops, to swirling stormy seas, and fields swept with spring flowers and the bonus of ski slopes and mountains. It was also a welcome break from the baron landscape of the desert. Our friend Leonie from Qatar joined us.