Nothing reminds us more of South Africa than sundowners and a braai. Our previous house was down at the bottom of Ouro Preto and although the view on the churches was beautiful, we could not enjoy sunset much. The sun would just hide behind the mountains. As we now overlook the whole town from our terrace facing west, we have a perfect spot for watching sunset. And we have been as often as we could (I mean, rain season has hit us now and we sure would not have missed tonight's sunset after a whole week under the clouds).
At first it was only Coline and I, until the end of September, while waiting for Cris and Leila to come back from work and school. And then the days got longer, and Leila came home before the sun was gone, and then we switched to summer time and we have been able to even have and early diner outside, or a braai, as it happened on that fine evening with some friends.
Old house and new house have been busy this year, for this year has been a year of hosting. Family, friends and colleagues. Cristiano seems to have found a pathway to Ouro Preto that has been allowing geologists from Italy, France, South Africa, Australia and lately England to visit us. The girls and I have been enjoying the company and the diversity of accents (my favorite: the English imitating the Australian) and given that most of our visitors have come via South African connections, we have shared many memories and also gotten some updates from there. One day, perhaps, we will go back and check for ourselves. I hope so.
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