Yesterday we dropped the boys off for camp at Mooikrans, near Amersfoort & made our way to Wakkerstroom where we’ve rented a home for the rest of the week until the boys finish their camp on Friday.
Needless to say, although very dusty here, the “Ou Kliphuis” is an awesome hideout away from the hustle & bustle of the big city. I enjoy waking up with the noise of the birds chirping, the chickens in the garden and the cows mooing in the distance. It’s so quiet & peaceful.
On Monday we decided to do a scenic tour & revisited an old school where Stefan & I spent our standard 1 & 2 years in boarding school. Needless to say, it has changed tremendously in the 30 odd years since we’ve been there. I was, however, very surprised that they have kept their class lists from all those years ago. The secretary was quite stunned at our arrival & introduced us to Inge, who’s father ran the school in the years we were there as well as another teacher who was teaching the higher grades in those years.
I heard the family where Stefan & I spent all our weekends had 5 daughters, the eldest was Marlize. I even obtained a list of our classmates from those days & it will be interesting to see where they are in the world these days. They were:
- Birgit Böhmer
- Volkmar Böhmer
- Arthur Engelbrecht
- Johan Engelbrecht
- Johanette Erasmus
- Gisela Freyer
- Rüdiger Gevers
- Rudolf Klingenberg
- Erich Niebuhr
- Gunther Niebuhr
- Ute Niebuhr
- Leon Meyer
- Carlo Gevers
- Erika Kullander
- Markus Burkhard
From Lüneburg we drove through to Piet Retief for some sight seeing. We saw some lovely scenery en route, but sadly the roads are in a very bad state. Who needs to go off-roading with roads like these? After driving these remote town roads, I must admit I appreciate the big city roads with potholes & all much more.
Of course all that driving around was fun & tiring, so we spent the rest of the day relaxing & playing on our laptops.
This morning we woke up to very cold, windy & misty weather. We were supposed to go sight seeing, but decided not to brace the weather & instead stay inside & relax. So for now we’re just enjoying a lazy day, listening to the howling wind outside.
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Thanks to this post one of my classmates, Erika has since found me on Facebook. I have also since found Ute on Facebook as well as found out from another ex-scholar who still remembers us, that the family we spent our weekends with were Onkel Stillfried & Tante Elisabeth Niebuhr with their 5 daughters Christa, Marlies, Ursula, Adelheid & Dorothea.
It's amazing how the world is shrinking thanks to technology
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