P.E., indeed the friendly city

From Addo , on Monday morning,  it was a quick ride through the Park and then into P.E. I must say that is now an easy city to get around in. It is a long city with one major hub at Greenacres and then many shops all around major roads. On day 2 we wer like we had been  living there for years. We knew where to get food, shoes, electrical connections, CD writers, where to get the Terracan washed and where to get good coffee and where to get money.We were so cool, it was painful/ We enjoyed the time there tremendously.
We were only scheduled to spend Monday and Tuesday night there, but on arrival it was very quickly clear that you don't spend such a short time with people as you then hardly had time to "warm up" to the unique brand of hospitality in P.E. When we arrived at our friends' home, we were informed that the hostess was in fact in hospital where she had had an operation on the Saturday, but not to worry she will be out on Tuesday and all will be well, regardless of the fact that it was a rather significant operation, . Most people that I know that has had this op was out of action for at least 10 days and then still on sub performance for another 4 weeks. Not our hostess. She was out on Tuesday, making food, doing washing and looking like she had gone in for rejuvenating surgery.
The first night we "kuiered" around Kevins pub and we had a braai later. What a lovely evening it was. We all went to bed many bottles of wine later and with a firm commitment to stay for another day as we just had to attend the weekly  meeting of their 4X4 club on the Wednesday evening. Dick was requested to put a few slided together ad to do a short talk on our trip. Well, the slides happened and the talk sort of became personal chats, as the club has such a wonderful vibe and there was so much socializing that the evening was over before we got to a formal talk. I have to say that we were a little apprehensive about the club, as it is known as theAlgoa Toyota 4X4club and there we were arriving with a Terracan, but we overcame that one by travelling with Lorinda in her Merc!!!
It was with heavy heart and a sense of loss that we left the Slabberts on Thursday morning. We had had such a wonderful time, the hospitality was unsurpassed and we enjoyed our time, both with them and in P.E. Dick even took me on a historical walk through the city.
We were off to Grahamstown after a hearty breakfast on Thursday.