September 25, 2005 Pretoria, South Africa Hello again everybody, time for my second Africa journal installment. We’ve been living in Pretoria now for almost 4 months and it is amazing how a different perspective and experiences change one’s attitude. Security. For example, we are much less uptight about security. When looking for an apartment we were overwhelmed with the realtor’s concern for a “safe compound” and cautioned not to walk anywhere. The place we found has a security system, but not with armed response. It has a night safety gate at the top of the stairs, which theoretically you should lock at night (which we don’t bother with), the idea being that if someone broke in at night they could burgle freely, but not be able to reach the bedrooms where you would be, no doubt,
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