A few months ago, my sister and hubby did some plotting, behind my back, the result of which is I am writing this from the spare room at my sisters house in Durban. As I had never met my niece, she was born about two weeks after I returned from South Africa in January, they thought it would be nice for me to come to meet her.
So last Saturday I boarded a plane to Dubai, from where I caught another one to Durban and I got to meet my niece. Olivia is a truly delightful child, very happy and chilled, full of big beaming smiles. It's also lovely to catch up with my nephew, Anthony, as he is growing up so quickly.
We've had a lovely week so far, spending time with the children and also catching up with my sister and brother in law. Al and I, and Olivia went out for breakfast one morning at the fancy Oyster Box Hotel (where incidentally we went to for my Birthday in December). When Anthony found out I was coming over he insisted we went to Spur (burger/steak place geared for children) for dinner, and I had a very nice burger, and Al and I shared an ice cream which Olivia was convinced was for her when they brought it! We've had a braai and we had bunny chow for lunch one day. I have tried Pilates, which I really enjoyed. Then last night we went out dinner where unfortunately I succumbed to food poisoning. Such a shame because the food was lovely, but I was then up most of the night with violent sickness and diarrhoea, not to mention horrible stomach cramps. Al has been the most wonderful nurse, bringing me various tablets and fluids to keep me hydrated.
On Monday I'm going up to Hillcrest to see the parents and Rosie, who has unfortunately been back in hospital rather a lot since she came back from the UK, and is currently in hospital again. I'm there for two nights then back to spend my last night with Al, before returning to the UK on Thursday.
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