by 2summers | Oct 12, 2021 | Joburg Weekend Getaways, Johannesburg Day Trips, Lodging, North West
I love donkeys. There’s something about their diminutive stature, their huge, liquid eyes, their long faces, their big, fuzzy ears…Every donkey I meet turns me into a squealing little girl. Donkeys are so charming and adorable, they actually destroy me....
by 2summers | Sep 29, 2021 | Joburg Weekend Getaways, Johannesburg, Johannesburg Day Trips
Last week I stayed at two lovely getaway spots within an hour (give or take) of Joburg: Farmhouse@58 in the the Cradle of Humankind and the Donkey Dairy in Magaliesburg. It felt incredible to get out of the city after two months of no traveling. The pandemic makes me...
by 2summers | Jan 7, 2021 | Emotions, Joburg Weekend Getaways, Parks/Nature Reserves, Pretoria
NOTE: I originally wrote this post before January 6th, when pro-Trump insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol and mounted the biggest threat to American democracy since the Civil War. I’m having a hard time feeling quite so positive today, on January 7th, but...
by 2summers | Jul 14, 2019 | Arts and Culture, Food and Drink, Joburg Weekend Getaways, North West
The town of Potchefstroom, 120 kilometers southwest of Joburg in North West province, has several claims to fame: Potchefstroom is a very old town by South African standards, founded in 1838 by Voortrekker Andries Potgieter.Potchefstroom is a university town. The...
by 2summers | Jun 25, 2019 | Joburg Weekend Getaways, Limpopo, Parks/Nature Reserves
Over the recent long weekend I spent two days at Mhondoro Safari Lodge in the Welgevonden Game Reserve, which is in the Waterberg region of Limpopo. This trip amazed me in several ways, the first of which was how close Welgevonden is to Joburg (about two-and-a-half...
by 2summers | Jun 28, 2018 | Arts and Culture, Joburg Weekend Getaways, Lodging, Parks/Nature Reserves, Pretoria
I recently went to the Dinokeng Game Reserve for a quick, one-night media visit. Dinokeng opened officially in 2011 — pieced together from a bunch of private farms — and is the only free-roaming Big 5 game reserve in Gauteng province. (The Big 5 are lion,...