by 2summers | Sep 28, 2024 | Arts and Culture, Hidden Joburg, Johannesburg, Museums and Buildings
A couple of years ago I started a “Hidden Joburg” series — a quest to visit all 28 places in the book Hidden Johannesburg, by Paul Duncan and Alain Proust. Then I got sidetracked. I published my last Hidden Joburg post in December 2022. But finally,...
by 2summers | Jun 23, 2024 | Arts and Culture, Europe, Museums and Buildings
I still haven’t finished telling you about my gallivant around Europe, which happened back in March and April and is fast becoming ancient history. I’m going to keep on peppering you with one or two European posts a month until all the stories are told....
by 2summers | May 28, 2024 | Arts and Culture, Hillbrow/Yeoville, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Music/Festivals
I’m struggling with this post. I keep writing stuff and then deleting it because I don’t know what to say about Hillbrow that I haven’t said before. I’ve been blogging about Hillbrow since 2011 (that first post was embarrassing though), and...
by 2summers | May 15, 2024 | Arts and Culture, Europe
Thorsten and I recently spent three days in Munich, Germany, at the beginning of our whirlwind European trip. We went to Munich because it was a logical place to meet up with Thorsten’s kids, who live across the border in Austria, and because we wanted to visit...
by 2summers | Feb 26, 2024 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Soweto, Tours, Townships/Informal Settlements
Regular readers will know that I’ve written a couple of posts about Noordgesig — affectionately called Bulte, which means “Hills” in Afrikaans — lately (see here and here). Last year I befriended Lavinia and Fabian Otto, who live in...