by 2summers | Nov 18, 2024 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Parks/Nature Reserves
I’ve been dreadfully uninspired lately, struggling to think of anything I want to blog about despite having a long list of great ideas (many of which you, my readers, provided in September). I’m finding it hard to feel positive about life at the moment....
by 2summers | Nov 9, 2024 | Food and Drink, Parks/Nature Reserves, USA
Given this week’s political nuclear bomb blast, it feels like a weird time to publish a light-hearted post about my recent (pre-election) jaunt through the United States. But I’m hoping you’ve have had enough of the U.S. election horror show —...
by 2summers | Jul 22, 2024 | Lodging, Northern Cape, Parks/Nature Reserves
As mentioned previously, Thorsten and I (a.k.a. “the Blogitects”: one blogger + one architect) recently got back from a roadtrip to the Northern Cape to celebrate my 50th birthday. I had never properly explored the Northern Cape, South Africa’s...
by 2summers | Mar 7, 2024 | Joburg Weekend Getaways, KwaZulu-Natal, Parks/Nature Reserves
The Drakensberg Mountains fly under the radar in South Africa’s tourism scene. Everyone goes to Cape Town and the Kruger and the Garden Route, but the Drakensberg doesn’t often make it onto that “must-see” tourist itinerary. Even I’m...
by 2summers | Feb 8, 2024 | Joburg Weekend Getaways, Limpopo, Lodging, Parks/Nature Reserves
I am way behind in publishing this final installment of the Blogitects’ December Limpopo roadtrip. (Read the first three installments here, here, and here.) Marakele National Park was our last stop on the journey and Thorsten and I were both running out of steam...