Back on the road and we were off to Swellendam, described as having one of the best country museums in South Africa so I wasn’t expecting much, but then we found Sheet Street. You can’t imagine my excitement, a shop not only filled with towels and sheets and curtains and soft furnishings (that were tasteful!) but arranged in a proper shop with proper shop fittings, displays and light. Browsing was fun and the prices were reasonable (it’s not at all chi chi), I loved Swellendam already! The other eventually dragged me out; it’s amazing how nine months on a small island can make even the most mundane of shops, an experience. I might need to be sedated before I ever walk down Oxford Street again. Next, was the biggest supermarket we’d been in yet, with a
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