From Moon and Sixpence to Pilansberg

Well on Friday was the wedding at Moon and Sixpence and what a lovely event it was!

We started off the day, after packing up our home of a week, with breakfast with Alister and his lady friend at the Drift Inn at Muldersdrift. It is an old style hotel , a bit Wild West, with a Dining room with a Pool table in the middle and a proper Bar, where the guys from the street come in for a “dop” and then there is the ‘Kroeg’, where I imagine, serious drinking takes place over week ends. Good pub food at reasonable prices though and surely that is the recipe for success in today’s world.

The Chapel

At lunch time we checked into “The Moon and Sixpence” for the wedding and the night. As “parents of the bride” we were privileged to stay for the night. The venue is lovely and very Tuscan looking. The little chapel was simple with only candles and wooden benches and beautiful windows that overlooked an immaculate garden. The bride was beautiful and loved every moment of her big day.  The ceremony was conducted by their Catholic priest and was touching and real. It was a family event and the extended family of the groom, who is Portuguese, is wonderful people and made us all feel so welcome into their family. The food was out of this world. If ever we were to get married again, I will select the Moon and Sixpence for venue and the quality of the food. It was exceptional, to say the least.

Bride & Groom

Chandelliers

Through the Chapel Window

At about midnight we called a halt to the celebrations and we all stumbled off to bed, which was about 20 metres away and crashed for the night. After breakfast the next morning and the good byes, we all went our separate ways. Dick and I were off to Pretoria to visit friends. Our first stop was Dick’s old friend, Mac and his wife Linda for a lunch time braai with lekker  pap and sous and a steak. Cannot get much better than that!!! The rest of the week end was spent with old Pretoria friends and we had a great time. Too much food, too much wine, but never too much friendship. It was lovely to see old friends, to chat and just to be. We felt truly blessed.

On Monday we booked into Pilansberg on their “pensioner’s special” and with all the other oldies we are having a great time. It is a lovely park, with excellent facilities and different scenery. We have travelled around and have seen lots of antelope, elephants, rhinos and plenty birds. You can find the Big Five here, however I would think, like anywhere else, it is just about luck and being at the right place at the right time. We never seem to get that right! At the end of the day it is about the experience and the general enjoyment. We have a lovely campsite, we have pitched out tent and we have a braai going and a glass of red wine in the hand. What more would one want just at the moment???

Pilansberg Autumn Scenery

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Some BIG friends............

and some small camp friends!!