Day Nine: Our Anniversary in Knysna Today we began our drive on the Garden Route. I had read about how scenic this drive was, but mistakenly thought it was famous for all the flowers along the route. Actually it´s called the Garden Route because it´s so green. Along with beaches, there are coastal lagoons, lakes,…
Day Eight: Meerkat Adventures and Swartberg Pass As the alarm went off this morning at 4 AM I thought to myself, I hope these meerkats are worth waking up at this ungodly hour…. We drove to the meeting point in the dark and followed a small train of cars with their lights through a plot…
Day Six: Mosaic Sanctuary It´s kind of funny how the accommodations I liked the best so far were where I felt the sickest. I haven´t really felt fatigue from my treatment on this trip, which is good, although Jon and I have taken our fair share of naps in Pepe´s car. However, I…
Day Five: Our First Real Spotting of Wild Animals So those of you who follow the blog are probably asking yourself, “I thought she said they were going on a safari. Where are all the pictures of animals?” Well, friends- they start now. See, Jon and I wanted our typical safari experience to be at…
Day Four: The Cape Winelands Sadly, the next day we had to leave Cape Town. I could have stayed another week and still wanted to stay longer. There is so much to do there and the landscape is so beautiful. There was also a lot of shopping to do that we never got around to.…
Day Three: Our Tour of the Cape Peninsula Cape Town doesn´t occupy the southern most part of Africa. If you look on a map closely, there is a long, skinny peninsula leading from the city to the Cape of Good Hope. The peninsula has very scenic coastline and several cute little seaside towns like Camp´s…
Day Two: Historical Cape Town As previously stated, Jon and I woke up late on our second day in Cape Town, making sure that we could be happy and active tourists for at least half a day. We missed breakfast and instead went to the waterfront pub for a burger and some fish and chips.…
Kirstenbosch Gardens and Robben Island We slept in a little on our first day in Cape Town. My stomach, which never really feels great, was particularly rocky this morning. It would only calm down after three Pepto Bismol pills, which is extreme- even for me. But I was not going to let my stomach prevent…
This will be a brief blog post, but I wanted to let everyone know that the news from the MRI, that I luckily had later in the day on Monday, was good. The lesions have shrunk in size and are much less numerous. They are not producing anymore enema so I have no more brain…
So… Jon took off work this morning to drive me to my very important MRI appointment. I had filled out all of the paperwork last week and sent it in to the hospital and someone from Clinica Alemana even called to confirm the appointment. Unfortunately, when we got there, it took forever to check me…
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