#Johannesburg - 870 posts

Last Saturday activists, students, and concerned Joburgers demonstrated for the re-opening of the Johannesburg City Library.

St. Mary's Cathedral in downtown Joburg is one of the city's most important historic landmarks. I had never heard of it until last week.

De Baba Eatery, the new restaurant and bakery at the busy corner of 7th St. and 4th Ave., is the best new place to eat in Melville.

Thorsten and I spent half a day at the Cradle of Humankind to experience Howard Geach's Human Origins Tour.

Swap Movement promotes swapping clothes rather than buying new. I went to two Swap Movement events - one in Melville and one in Bedfordview.

Thorsten and I spent the weekend at the Ezemvelo Nature Reserve near Bronkhorstspruit and hiked more than 25 kilometers in two days.

Last Tuesday night I spent an evening in Soweto, attending the Sawubona Music Jam and staying over at Lebo's Soweto Backpackers.

At 6:15 a.m. on Saturday morning, we arrived at the Pretoria Boeremark in Silverton. It was already packed with shoppers and eaters.

I took photos of Micayla's Matric Farewell celebration in Noordgesig. It was one of the most joyous celebrations I've ever attended.

For my last blog post of the year I visited Moray Drive, Bryanston, to check out Joburg's best Christmas lights display.

A few friends and I went to a car stance competition/hang-out in a parking lot outside FNB Stadium, where we watched cars doing the limbo.

I got so distracted by rugby that I nearly forgot to post about our Johannesburg In your Pocket jacaranda walk in Kensington.