vendors and friends on Greenmarket Square

February 13th 2006
Feb 13 Happy Valentine’s Day everyone; the shops here seem to be as eager to get your chocolate covered money as anywhere else in the Westernized world. Everywhere I go there are teddy bears and specials on pink lingerie…just like home. Weather: still lovely. Views: still beautiful. Still messing around with various bits of paperwork: I WILL get Internet access this week, I am DETERMINED.* ... read more

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more

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Kristine Berg

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52 years old. Married, with two children, 21 and 18. In January 2006 we moved from Seattle to Cape Town, leaving our older child behind. After six months the younger child returned to Seattle to finish high school. It's been heartbreaking, depressing, frustrating, and occasionally wondrous. I've been writing long letters to a group of friends and family through the year, and will continue to do so; perhaps to develop into a memoir; perhaps not.... full info

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