tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941006861183348232023-11-16T08:58:06.860-08:00Honeymoon Around the WorldAndanté & WietsAndanté http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205968324496107905noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494100686118334823.post-16318005132990197212014-07-29T00:59:00.000-07:002014-08-19T02:51:13.024-07:00Thanks for the rude awakening, Delhi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So Delhi slapped us in the face like a hot vindaloo curry! The trip from the airport to the central Metro station was pretty easy, but the moment we stepped out of the air conditioned comfort of the terminal our senses were assaulted. Hot, humid, noisy, crowded and not to mention stinky! Public ablution is a standard activity and the combined smell of human excrement, rotting food and stagnant water, all festering in the heat, is overwhelming and gut wrenching. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trying to deal with the physical onslaught and clearly not from India we became prime targets for dishonest touts. Look, we've met our fair share of scamsters and dodgy caracters throughout our travels, but nothing comes close to what we experienced in Delhi... At first it seems like every other person wants to 'help' and show you the 'right' way. It turns out that Delhi has a network of well organised (well dressed & well spoken) con men with the sole purpose of exploiting tourists. After being taken to three different travel agents to get our supposed 'tourist passes' the realisation that it was all bul*s*it came when one of the agents called our hotel to confirm our booking, telling us our room had been given away because we didn't check in by 12:00. He handed the phone to Wiets (who was slowly losing his patience) and the guy on the other end explained at length why we had forfeited our room... Smelling a rat, we told them to stuff it. Backpacks in tow and back into the heat, we navigated the narrow crowded alleys by foot (with the help of a gps map) and eventually arrived at our hotel... Needless to say, our room was still ours and the clean air conditioned hotel became our sanctuary. We won't be listening to anyone anytime soon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Almost everyone that's been to India told us to get a travel agent to organise our trip, 'No' we said 'we want to experience India the real way and do everything ourselves'. Perhaps we should have listened...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyhoo... Now that we've had our first (and probably not the last) baptism of fire, we are ready(ish) for the rest :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elephants, camels and dogs together on the main road... Normal, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our hotel has a rooftop restaurant that serves cold beer and delicious food... bliss!</span></div>
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Andanté http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205968324496107905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494100686118334823.post-84801215701026713912014-07-28T05:30:00.000-07:002014-08-19T02:50:12.674-07:00Mumbai Light<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We arrived in Mumbai the middle of the night - and what a pleasant surprise. The airport is just beautiful! We checked in at a hotel close to the airport to get a few hours of sleep before the Indian adventure started.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We couldn't have asked for a better introduction to India, thanks Anoop! (Anoop worked with Wiets at RMB) You made our first day in Mumbai effortless :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anoop and his driver Muthi(sp) chauffeured us around Mumbai, stopping at all the 'must-see' sights and ritzing us around like VIPs. We stopped at the Dhobi ghat, Ghandis' house, the Gateway of India, The Taj Hotel, Leopoldt and the Mumbai Central Railway station (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus). But best of all, Anoop introduced us to our first Thali! We went to a restaurant called Rajdhani's Rasovara 'The Royal Kitchen' and feasted on a selection of curries, paneer, pickles, dips and rotis (all vegetarian) - and the food just kept coming! I'm obsessed ;) Later he took us to sample some street food in the form of Puri Pani (little hollow domes of thin crispy fried dough) filled with a cold and spicy coriander flavoured liquid and veggies. They fill it messily from a large vat directly after which you pop the entire thing into your mouth to experience the spicy-cool-sweet-savoury sensation that is a pani puri - delight! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a very comfortable 'India Light' version of Mumbai we are now off to Delhi... Let's see what that city holds!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have never travelled with backpacks before! But after realising what we were in for we figured that it would probably be the best way... There is a first time for everything ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The enentrance to Ghandis' house (it's now a museum dedicated to his life)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Dobi Ghat were people send clothing an linnen to be washed... not sure how clean they come back!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the Gateway to India</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blonds are also tourist attractions in India :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had drinks at Leopoldt - and we are actually listening to Shantaram (the book that made the bar famous) while we are travelling!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thali! This was our introduction to a quintessential Indian meal - I am in love!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks Anoop! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Poreč is one of the most Northerly towns on the Istrian peninsula and this is where we kicked off our road-trip along the long narrow strip that makes up the coast of Croatia. The town is almost 2000 years old and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997, so it's a beautiful stroll along cobble stone pathways and ancient buildings. Not much as far as food personality or atmosphere, so we didn't mind that our time there was relatively short ;) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- not half bad, and quite the alternative to a water stop!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We spent the day lounging at the Valamar Resort near Porec - clear skies, emerald waters and pebble beaches, a great start to our Croatian adventure. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The restaurant by the pool at the Valamar Resort served delicious seafood lunches. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We continued our road-trip from Venice up north to Trieste.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The view from our room in Trieste. The “Arco di Riccardo” is an Augustan gate built as part of the Roman walls in 33 A.D.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Triestian historic sites. Its artistic and cultural heritage is linked to its “border town” location. You can find some old Roman architecture, Austrian empire architecture across the city centre and Mediterranean styles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How is this for an italian picnic; mozzarella balls, artichokes, tomatoes and of course, in Trieste, with the central european influence, ham. No picnic is complete without some Vino.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meandering around old-town Trieste.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trieste is situated on the crossroads of several commercial and cultural flows: German middle Europe to the north, Slavic masses and the Balkans to the east, Italy and then Latin countries to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. So, it is natural to have sausage with sauerkraut and melanzane with polenta at a typical Triestine restaruarant.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Venice is a visual treat! It's over-the-top, colourful, textured and winding. I took a million photos and still can't decide which are my favourites. Here are a few to summarise our experience in one of the world's oldest theme parks:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Venician masks - imagine going to a ball in one of those!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Winding alleys filled with water.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Piazza San Marco.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amazingly delicious Nutella ice cream</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Glass blower demonstrations on the tiny island of Murano.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Street Food' on the banks of the river.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got up really early to visit the fish market - what an experience! I could have spent the whole day there, and then the whole night cooking with the amazing produce they sell there. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the many fresh fish stalls.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The building that houses some of the fish market has gargoyles that look like fish!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A rolled tuna pizza and Spritz by the water. </span></div>
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12.960962099999971tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494100686118334823.post-28893324597186076992013-06-07T01:44:00.000-07:002014-06-27T01:51:22.817-07:00The food in Mestre<div style="text-align: center;">
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Our second supper was had at an unassuming restaurant off the main piazza called Osteria Cuccagna. The restaurant sources all its ingredients within a 100km radius and put creative twists on classic dishes. Fresh, high quality ingredients and the perfect flavour combinations made for one of the most memorable meals we have ever had.</div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we were sitting in Piazza Ferretto in Mestre I noticed that every second person was sipping on a brightly coloured orange drink. In (very) broken Italian I pointed to it and asked the waiter what it was. 'Spitz' he said, and I ordered one. It was the beginning of a sun-set coloured love affair. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we continued our road trip out of Slovenia and into Italy we figured we'd drive through the Italian countryside... Much of it was rather flat and boring, but we did happen upon a little town called Palmanova. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is called a 'Star Fort' because of its shape - a concentric fortress surrounded by imposing stone walls in the shape of a nine-pointed star. The first construction started as early as 1593! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We stopped over in Treviso for lunch, but most of the shops and restaurants were closed, so we settled for 'Bar Snacks' at a hole-in-the-wall pub. Delish! Definitely the most glamorous bar-snacks we've ever had ;)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because we were travelling by car, we couldn't stay in Venice, but rather opted for Mestre, the city just outside Venice where it seemed like all the local Venecians actually lived. What a fantastic place! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Piazza Ferretto is a typically Italian Piazza, with a modern water feature at the center and lots of different cafe’s with outside seating. This is where I had my first Spritz, a local favorite. It is a bitter orange liquor (Aperol) topped of with sparkling wine (Prosecco). Another obsession began...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Situated in the gaping mouth of a cavern halfway up a 123m cliff just 9km northwest of Postojna, Predjama Castle has one of the most dramatic settings. Walking through the medieval castle, it is almost impossible to forget that you’re also in a cave. The walls are built right up against the cave, which offer great defense but also mean living here must have been cold, damp, moldy, and seriously drafty.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We loved the bustle and atmosphere in Ljubljana. Restaurants and walkways frame a river that runs through the heart of the city, and it seems that one and all are out and about sipping on beers, snacking on salty crisps or licking (albeit a bit early in the season) delectable ice creams.</span></div>
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Andanté http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205968324496107905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494100686118334823.post-76139751808482595502013-01-27T22:26:00.000-08:002013-01-27T22:26:41.723-08:00Let's do it again! <br />
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Honeymoon… It was just so amazing! And what is the best way to cure holiday
blues? Plan another one! This trip won’t be the epic
six-week-fly-around-the-world kind of holiday, but rather 2 weeks of road
tripping through Slovenia, Italy and down the coast of Croatia (with 2 days in
Istanbul at the end).</span></span></div>
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in each location, and will drive over 2000km through 4 countries – this is our
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ljubljana, Slovenia – Venice, Italy - Trieste, Italy - Poreč, Croatia - Zadar,
Croatia - Brela, Croatia - Dubrovnik, Croatia - Herceg Novi, Montenegro - Split,
Croatia - Rab, Croatia - Zagreb, Croatia</span></span></div>
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Andanté http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205968324496107905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494100686118334823.post-24684121730799624882012-06-22T08:40:00.003-07:002012-07-04T08:26:09.052-07:00Taking a small bite out of The Big AppleOne of the most fabulous cities in the world, New York certainly lives up to its reputation. Vibrant, fast paced, cosmopolitan and not to mention beautiful.<br /><br />We pounded concrete for hours, we stood atop skyscrapers, we chilled on the grass in Central Park, we ate street food, we saw world famous artwork, we rode in the open top bus, on the subway and around Manhattan on a boat - we packed in the touristy sights, and we just know that this is a city we'll have to come back to!<br /><br />New York was the perfect city to end our amazing journey in. Although it was sad that our honeymoon had come to an end, we were looking forward to going back to South Africa - country of good weather, great food, cheap beer and awesome friends.<br /><br />Now to start planning our next trip... :)<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/06/22/1475.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/06/22/s_1475.jpg' border='0' width='253' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />'Welcome to New York'! I was so excited to find the Brito installation at JFK after I'd just bought a pashmina from the Brito store in Miami. (still holding the Brito bag in this pic)<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/06/22/1485.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/06/22/s_1485.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Picnic in Central Park with my dearest friend Jen :) The night before we'd visited a wine bar where we had fantastic mini designer burgers.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/06/22/1486.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/06/22/s_1486.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />First sight of the Empire State building (our hotel was nearby), it really is an impressive building.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/06/22/1489.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/06/22/s_1489.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />A little pizza place (called Vezzo) two doors down from our hotel that specialises in thin crust pizza - delish!<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/06/22/1490.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/06/22/s_1490.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />The artwork that survived the 9/11 attacks. This piece stood between the towers (I actually remember seeing it when we were in New York in 1998), and the impact of the debris from the falling towers is clear.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/06/22/1743.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/06/22/s_1743.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Wiets and 'The Bull' :)<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/06/22/1744.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/06/22/s_1744.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Wiets on Wall Street, naturally. <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/06/22/1746.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/06/22/s_1746.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />The Freedom Towers are almost finished and are going to be beautiful! <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/06/22/1747.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/06/22/s_1747.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Best street food - hot dogs with all the trimmings.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/06/22/1748.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/06/22/s_1748.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Mingling with the rich and famous at Madam's. <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/06/22/1785.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/06/22/s_1785.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Times Square in all it's flickering glory. (It's law that all the shop fronts here must be covered in 25% branding/advertising.)<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/06/22/1787.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/06/22/s_1787.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Stunning view of the Empire State building from 'Top of The Rock'. (If you visit only one skyscraper in Manhattan, this should be it!)<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/06/22/1788.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/06/22/s_1788.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Central Park as seen from the Rockafellar center.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/06/22/1789.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/06/22/s_1789.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />The 'Bodies' exhibition is both creepy and educational at the same time.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/06/22/1790.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/06/22/s_1790.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Open top bus tour - such fun!<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/06/22/1792.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/06/22/s_1792.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />How weird! We randomly met Fearika (Willemien's mom) on the circle line cruise around Manhattan... On Willemien's birthday nogals!<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/06/22/1793.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/06/22/s_1793.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='259' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Lady liberty :)<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/07/04/1340.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/07/04/s_1340.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Lunch on the High Line, a park and walkway that was constructed on an old rail track - stunning!<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/07/04/1341.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/07/04/s_1341.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />The City by night. View from the Empire State Building close to midnight.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/07/04/1342.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/07/04/s_1342.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />A mini bottle of bubbly on the flight back to SA to celebrate our three year dating anniversary :)<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/07/04/1461.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/07/04/s_1461.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Cheers to an AWSOME honeymoon, sunny SA and getting rid of 'the honeymoon beard' :)<br /><br /><p class='blogpress_location'>Location:<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?q=New%20York,%20New%20York&z=10'>New York, New York</a></p>Andanté http://www.blogger.com/profile/03205968324496107905noreply@blogger.com0