Tied Up With String: Africa

Yes I know it's kinda warm in Africa.

Yes I know that it's everything that "rainy UK" is not.

Yes I know - but I still want to go ...

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here - with some tea and a good book.

Or here...

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with my Hubby, a bottle of Bombay Sapphire and a bit of Mozzie repellent

(of course I'd probably pack a wee bit more than that - but you get my drift)

I'd also settle for a day or two here....

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.... sipping Gin & Tonic and listening to my pod.

Well GUESS WHAT?

We are off to Africa in December!

We will be spending our Christmas with family and it's going to be VERY VERY special.

My sister Illona and her Hub, Nico are hosting the JAm family for just on three weeks.

I kid you not - I am dreaming in sepia!

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We hope to be able to see a bit of the bush whilst we are there.

Hubby has visited with me briefly before, however my son has not.

It would be so special to give him a taste of the essence of Africa.

The mere thought of falling asleep to the sounds of the bush.

The raw beauty of a landscape so completely untamed.

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The notion that I was born on this continent still amazes me.

My family migrated when I was 12 so of course the memories are still very vivid.

Contrary to all my fantasies though, I was not raised in the African Savanna but rather I grew up just outside a bustling capital city. Still the heart strings tweak and twang uncontrollably when I see images such as these....

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The above image is of accommodation in a town called Karen - named after Karen Blixen .

You may remember me writing about the movie Out Of Africa here.

Well her house is open for tourists to visit. It is not the house where the movie was made but that wouldn't bother me. No siree. I would be in seventh heaven just perusing all of her beautiful colonial wares and imagining the rugged romance that she shared with the land and it's people.