Thoughts from South Africa

  1. Home is where the heart is

    27-09-2007 11:40 door miriam_mannak
    - Last week, it was exactly three years ago when I set foot in South Africa. There I was, in a strange city, with only a backpack and a mind full of questions and uncertainties, not realizing that this temporary adventure of six months would be the start of a brand new life. But I loved it, and I immediately fell head over heels with this place. The sight of Table Mountain, caressed by a thin veil of clouds, took my my breath away. The people, the sounds, the smells all seemed so familiar to me. The sense of finally being in Africa again, a continent my parents and me left behind in the late 1980's, was overwhelming. Of course, over the past years, I have seen the other side of…