Of Bulldogs and Inner City Apartments
Buurman and I spent Friday night on the eleventh floor of an apartment in the inner city. The full moon hovering over the Old Post Office Building was just as beautiful as in the bush. We were able to afford this luxury courtesy of a $100-bonus I got from Airbnb just for doing my job. Normally we travel much more modestly and never in the price class of my own guest accommodation. View On Airbnb Chic Downtown Designer Apartment We went to Cape Town for Buurman's three-monthly check-up at the oncology centre and decided to throw in a show at the Artscape so we wouldn't lose our kulcha completely. What passes for culture in the countryside consists largely of Afrikaans singers I do not know and do not wish to listen to. Neither of us thought much about the radiology results before the appointment. With one word - "clear" - the oncologist determined the tone of our next three months. Relief and gratitude only really set in over rosemary-and-seasalt flatbread at...