by 2summers | Sep 13, 2024 | Johannesburg, Johannesburg Day Trips, Lodging, Markets/Shopping
A few days ago, during a fit of low motivation, I asked my Instagram followers to suggest potential topics for Joburg-related blog posts. Thank you again to everyone who submitted suggestions — you made my week! I received more than 30 viable ideas and found it...
by 2summers | Mar 20, 2024 | Joburg Weekend Getaways, Johannesburg, Johannesburg Day Trips, Parks/Nature Reserves, Tours
I recently learned a bonkers statistic: Around 40% of all of the hominid fossils ever discovered were unearthed in the Cradle of Humankind. In other words, close to half of all the known fossils from our human ancestors — in the entire world — came out of...
by 2summers | Oct 26, 2023 | Johannesburg Day Trips, Pretoria, Tours
This week, the last week of October, is peak jacaranda week in Joburg. The trees are laden with flowers and each breeze brings a shower of purple blossoms raining down onto the street. But the Pretoria jacarandas peaked about two weeks ago, and I was lucky enough to...
by 2summers | Jun 13, 2023 | Joburg Weekend Getaways, Johannesburg, Johannesburg Day Trips, North West
Joburg winters are harsh. Temperatures often drop below freezing at night but our houses aren’t insulated, windows don’t close, and central heating doesn’t exist. The air is punishingly dry. Our weather is close to perfect for ten months a year, but...
by 2summers | Apr 26, 2022 | Johannesburg, Johannesburg Day Trips, West Rand
Last week I participated in a “motoring” media morning with Ford South Africa. The core purpose of the event was to get a bunch of woman journalists/bloggers/influencers together for a drive through the countryside in a convoy of bad-ass Ford Ranger...
by 2summers | Jan 12, 2022 | Food and Drink, Johannesburg Day Trips, Markets/Shopping, Pretoria
Ludwig’s Roses, a huge rose farm north of Pretoria that has been running for more than 50 years, had been on my radar screen for a while. Several people told me I should visit, but that I must go at the height of summer when the roses are all in full bloom....