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PRETORIA

  • aashildgod
  • 15. mai 2024
  • 2 min lesing

It's written in English and Norwegian.


After an 8 hour flight with Emirates we landet in Johannesburg where we were met and driven for 45 minutes to Pretoria. The two cities are almost joined together. Hotel Castello di Monte lies in a beautiful area called Waterkloof and we got the feeling of being in Italys Toscana region. Many thanks to Delphine from Paradisreise for recommending this place. You know us well now 😃.

Tired after the night flight, we relaxed and had a quiet afternoon and evening.

Today, Wednesday we took a stroll in the immediate area. This is the embassy area with beautiful premises and neat lawns along the steep roads. The hotels neighbours are the UAE Embassy and the British Embassy, and wow, nice places!

The sun is up, 25c and birds are singing. We will be picked up at 3pm and taken to the Rovos Rail station where we will be introduced to the history of the company and shown around. At 6pm the train will head towards Zimbabwe and we start a 4 day digital detox and enjoy the train journey, good food, good wine and the wonderful nature. We arrive in Victoria Falls on Sunday so will be in touch from there.

There's something about Africa that relaxes the soul. I don't know what it is but it's an incredible feeling and it's good to be back!

Stay tuned and we'll send the next blogg from Victoria Falls 🚂🚂🌊


Etter mer enn 8 timer pÄ Emirates landet vi i Jonannesburg og ble tatt i mot og kjÞrt til hovedstaden Pretoria, som er kun 45 minutter med bil. Byene "henger" nesten sammen.

I et vidunderlig vakkert omrĂ„de ligger hotellet Castello di Monte, og vi fikk en fĂžlelse av Italias vakre Toscana. Tusen takk for anbefalingen Delphine fra @Paradisreiser, du kjenner oss godt etterhvert🙃. Man blir sliten nĂ„r man flyr nattfly, og etter en introduksjon til hotellet ble det en stille ettermiddag og kveld. I dag onsdag har vi en rolig dag, og tar en gĂ„tur i bratte vakre omrĂ„der med utenlandske ambassader pĂ„ alle kanter. Og tenk vi er nabo med De Forenrte Arabiske Emiraters og den Engelske ambassaden, sĂ„ her fĂžler vi oss trygge. Solen strĂ„ler ca 25 grader, fuglene kvitrer og vi forbereder oss til henting kl 15, introduksjon og historie om Rovos Rail fĂžr toget setter kursen mot Zimbabwe og alle opplevelser vi fĂ„r pĂ„ turen. Fortsett og fĂžlge oss, men en WiFi detox ser vi frem til de neste 4 dager og skal nyte toget, maten, naturen og dyrelivet fĂžr vi kommer sterkere tilbake fra Victoria Falls pĂ„ sĂžndag. Ha en flott 17 mai i Norge og ellers i verden, vi skal rope hurra fra det indre Afrika og tenke pĂ„ hvor heldige Nordmenn er og at vi aldri mĂ„ glemme demokratiet og friheten.🇳🇮


 
 
 

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5 Comments


bettsjim
May 15, 2024

See what you mean about Tuscany! Looking forward to catching up with you in Zimbabwe next 😎

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hannasofie1997
hannasofie1997
May 15, 2024

Dere er sĂ„ sĂžte ❀

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aashildgod
May 15, 2024
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SĂžte og sĂžteđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł

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Duncan Grant
May 15, 2024

Hyas
 ENJOY!! đŸ€—â€ïž

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aashildgod
May 15, 2024
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Hiii, we will😘

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