
Now let us all sing along: Oh Weihnachtsbaum, Oh Weihnachtsbaum, Wie gruen sind deine Blaetter...
As we had had so much fun exploring Cape Town and doing all manner of touristy things with mom-in-law and sis-in-law during their various visits in 2011 (for instance, have a look at this post), we were really excited when mom-in-law announced that she would love to visit us for Christmas and New Year.
We promptly compiled a List of Things To Do, and started to plan how we would fit in as many of them as possible over the end-of-year holidays.
We couldn’t squeeze in everything, because we did need a day or two inbetween to recover – lounging on the sofa and reading a rivetting Christmas-present book, or having a bit of a snoozle on a towel by the pool in the afternoon shade – as well as to dash off some last-minute Merry Christmas and Happy New Year emails, and in the early evening, once the heat of the day had dissipated somewhat, to power-walk down to the local shops to purchase some ingredients for supper.
However, we managed to do a number of thoroughly enjoyable things: (Go ahead, click on the links to read the blog posts I wrote about each of those outings and day trips.)
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