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Tag Archives: Durban
Rainy Durban
Tuesday Dear Elsie Today was the day we arrived in Durban. It was a rainy day. It’s not often we’ve been on the ship with so much rain. It poured down for quite a while. Amidst it all, we were … Continue reading
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Durban – no bucket in the shower
I’m sitting in bed, in my summer pajamas in a central Durban hotel. It feels like it should be 9pm. It’s only 6-30pm. I’m drinking black rooibos tea (I never would have ever believed that would be my choice of … Continue reading
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In Durban
Today I had company at the Cape Town interviews. With Mike and I, God willing, on holiday in October, great friend Riana joined me to do a bit of work shadowing so that if there are interviews in October, she … Continue reading
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Tagged Durban, Helga's New Life, Hilton Hotel
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Life’s Too Short For Plastic Coffee
Today I got it all wrong. My hotel accommodation was bed only and I left sometime after 6am and walked to the venue hotel, where I did not stop from 6-45am until 1-30pm. I had nothing to eat. To drink, … Continue reading
From Durban
The Durban trip had a little hiccup in that when I got details of the hotel where the interviews would be held, I booked the cheapest room at that hotel and in doing so was bound into a non-changeable, non-refundable … Continue reading
There Will Always Be Irritations
That’s the truth – going through life there will always be irritations and last night I experienced one of them. The interviews I go to in Durban are held at the Hilton Hotel and it is so very convenient to … Continue reading