Monday
Today was the day….
We woke early. Mike and I set off at 6am for an early morning walk. Very close to the Airbnb we were renting is a big complex known as Cayley’s Resort. It’s at the top of the hill and has a long road going up to it from the Water club at the dam. We walked from our house, up that road to the resort. The gate was open so we walked through it and out the entrance onto another picturesque street. Part of it was paved (thanks to the resort) but as we went further it became more like a jeep track. At the end of it, this was the view one way…
And this was the view looking down the valley…
This is the village we saw from the top of the mountain yesterday. In fact, if we continued along the jeep track we would have arrived at the cow trail (donga) that led down the mountain and we could have walked home that way. Pressed for time, we returned home the way we came, arriving at 7am, just after everyone had got up. We had breakfast, then cleaned up, packed up and by 9am we were driving off saying goodbye to another relaxing weekend in the ‘berg. We got to the airport just after 3pm, quickly got through security and am now sitting at Vida café charging phones and connected to the airport free WIFI.
In less than an hour we’ll board and then set off home. We expect to lug our baggage up our 85 steps at about 8pm.
Mike is busy on his laptop, having downloaded his camera pics and is now scrolling through them. He’s got some amazing memories captured on film.
Time is whizzing by and God willing, a month hence we will be in Varenna, Italy, exploring the cold delights of Lake Como. Cold, I say, because this weekend I learned the temperature range in Varenna at that time of the year is between 2 & 8 degrees! Well, Mike wants to catch the train up the mountains in the hope of seeing snow capped peaks. I am more and more confident his snow-filled desires will be met. I have always found Accuweather to be pretty accurate and even though we are a month away, the projected temperatures for November have been released. We need to dig out our umbrellas! We arrive 8th November, so at least the 9th and 10th will be good. Maybe we can hop on the ferry on the 9th and go up the mountain on the 10th. The rest of the days, we’ll have to mooch around Varenna and surrounding towns between showers. If this proves accurate, we can get back to Milan on the 14th without rain.
Who knows if this will be accurate.
Anyway, I’m going to now see if I can get some work done, so tomorrow I can go back to work on top of things.
Never more true are the words of our verse for the day…
Proverbs 19:21
Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
So let it be.
The best is yet to come – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂