Time for a holiday?

I think I’m in desperate need of a holiday. Everywhere I turn lately I’m assaulted by reminders of a family trip to the UK two years ago.

We spent Christmas with my sister, who’s using her ancestry visa to get her British passport. Being winter, the weather ranged from chilly to freezing (for us warm-blooded South African’s at any rate) with overcast skies and a wind chill factor that bit to the bone. It was wonderful! My only complaint was the ridiculously few number of daylight hours – usually no more than 6 – cos when it’s dark, I want to sleep.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve had numerous flashbacks. The early morning Joburg weather is chilly and overcast and you’d be surprized how much an Engen or BP garage smells like the underground. Since I was using the garage shops to satisfy my early-morning demand for caffeine, I was further reminded of this trip – on the journey from London to Plymouth we pulled into quite few one stops to pump our own petrol and stock up on stash*.

So each of these reminders was like a little holiday, but they really only added to the growing desire I feel for a new holiday adventure.

 * Stash is a Kennedy necessity while travelling, and usually consists of chips, chocolate, biscuits and biltong. However if my mom is in charge we get wholewheat vegetable sarmies, no-sugar-added fruit juice and wine gums.