Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
It's hard to say goodbye, but always good to be back HOME!
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Op die plaas
Apparently his family jumped the fence back outside but he was too little to jump over it and got left behind. I am pretty sure he thinks he is a bull now, because he definitely acts like one (...if you know what I mean... hehe)
After that we walk over to the sheep enclosure to see the little ones and the moms:
However, catching the little ones wasn't as easy as it seems but we finally got one:
A couple of cows where on the enclosure next to them:
Now, out for a little picnic next to the water hole at about 4km (2.5 miles) from the house.
After lunch, Hermann and I run all the way back, avge speed: a little over 20km/h, for 25mins.
After that, Hermann, Mariska and I ride with the bakkie (pick-up truck) to the goats' enclosure. Some more running around to catch the little ones, but these are easier to catch since a couple of them are a day (or even less) old!....cutest thing ever!
Two of the lambs had lost their mom the day after they were born because a dog (not domesticated, so he is basically a wild animal) had ripped out and eaten its udder. Thus, also knowing that goats are not great mothers, we had to help the little lambs a little bit by holding one of the goat moms while the little ones sucked the milk out. After that, we had the luck to see how two of the goats gave birth to three little lambs:
Right after they are born, the mom licks them to clean them, really cute but also pretty gross, not gona lie..hehe
UNBELIEVABLE experience though!
One of the goats is really tame (not scared of humans at all) and came to greed us:
and wanted to play a little too:
We named her hardkoppig (stubborn and hard head in afrikaans).
Back to the house for a good BBQ from Mr. Hermann Sr: chicken and lekke' wors (delicious sausage)! Meanwhile, some have fun making bubbles like little kids:
The next day: back to the bokkies enclosure to welcome the newborns and make sure the orphans get a little bit of milk. On the way back, I'm driving! But it's trickier than it sounds: stick, old car, diesel, on the LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD (British style), and on a little dirt track between the bushes ... NOTE: once I get on the "big road" (dirt track but that is big enough to have two ways) I go straight to the right side until Mariska reminds me four times that I have to go to the left side...good thing there's no traffic! haha
After that, back to the capital: Windhoek after 1.5 hours drive (1 of it on the dirt road).
Thanks for the lekke' weekend op die plaas!
AYOBA
Ingrid
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Ons is terug/Hemos vuelto
Monday, June 7, 2010
AYOBA quiz: answer and winners
First of all, the answer: Ayoba means.... "good times" = expression used when one is having, or has had, a lot of fun and the "event" will be remembered for a long time. Currently it is the "motto" of the Fifa Worldcup South Africa 2010.
Ara, el guanyador/la guanyadora es.......... TUMOM! per ser la persona que més s'apropa a la resposta de veritat.... de totes maneres s'ha de dir que ha sigut una decisió difícil, sobretot amb la NIKA que tenia una resposta molt original i única!
...de totes maneres, merci per la participació i el regalet arribarà a finals de juny (amb mi!!! yuhu!).
ESPERO QUE SEGUIU COMENTANT perque hi ha un regalet cada setmana!!
And the winner is....... TUMOM! since she was the one which answer was closest to the actual meaning of Ayoba.....it was a hard decision...
in any case, thanks for participating! :)
I HOPE YOU KEEP LEAVING COMMENTS because there is a present every week!!
Ayoba!
Ingrid
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Net sodat julle weet / Que sepaís
Terloops, Ingrid se ma het amper die regte antwoord gegee! Ons sal môre sê wat Ayoba beteken...
Disculpa por nuestra ausencia, pero no nos olvidamos del blog. Quiero decir que nos iremos de camping el martes que viene y nos aseguraremos de que ambos escriben mucho antes de que nos vayamos.
Por cierto, señora Patricia Armet estaba muy muy cerca con su respuesta! Diremos lo que significa Ayoba mañana...
Hermann...Ayoba
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Party uitgelate besonderhede / Algunos detalles omitidos
Behalwe dit het ek vergeet om te vertel van die Afrikaanse Taal Monument wat ons besoek het die Donderdag na ek aangekom het in die Kaap. Die monument is opgerug om mens te herinner aan die Afrikaanse taal se invloed op Suid-Afrika se kultuur. Dit verduidelik ook waar die taal vandaan kom in terme van ander tale en lande. Afrikaans is een van die jongste erkende tale en is eers op 8 Mei 1925 as 'n amptelike taal erken. Dit het hoofsaaklik onstaan uit Hollands toe die Hollanders in Suid-Afrika aangekom het in die 17de eeu. Vandag is Afrikaans een van die belangrikste tale in die wêreld! :)
Pensaba que sería bueno avisar a todos que encontré mi cartera. En realidad todavía no la tengo en mis manos pero deberían mandarla el viernes por FedEx desde los Estados Unidos.
Además me olvidé de contar del monumento del idioma Afrikaans que visitamos el jueves después de que llegara a El Cabo. El monumento se construyó para que se recuerde de la influencia que tuvo el idioma Afrikaans en la cultura de Sudáfrica. También se explica de donde viene el idioma en cuanto a idiomas y paises diferentes. Afrikaans es uno de los idiomas más jovenes y sólo se reconoció como idioma oficiál en el 8 de mayo 1925. Hoy en día es uno de los idiomas más importantes del mundo! :)
Ek en my ma by die monument / Mi madre y yo en el monumento
Ek en Igrid / Ingrid y yo
Aan die binnekant van die monument / En el interior del monumento
Ingrid het haar eerste botterbroodjie (scone) saam met ons geëet daardie dag! Dit is die iets van die Britse invloed wat ons nog oorhou.
Ingrid comió su primer ¨scone¨ ese día con nosotros. Es algo que todavía nos queda de la influencia británica!
Adiós...Ayoba
Hermann
Monday, May 31, 2010
Ons het toe besluit om Kaap Punt toe te ry wat die mees suidelike punt is naby Kaapstad soos julle op die foto onder kan sien. Ons het oppad soontoe gestop in Houtbaai om te eet en ook omdat ons bietjie verdwaal het. Die klein restaurantjie op die see was perfek vir my! Ons het toe verder gery en omtrent teen 3:30 pm was ons by Kaap Punt. Ek sit 'n paar fotos by sodat julle kan sien en ook omdat fotos beter vertel wat ons daar gesien het.
Sudáfrica es precioso! Cada vez que llego me doy cuenta de nuevo. Todos estaís invitados si un día quereís venir para ver. El jueves después de que llegara fuimos a Stellenbosch donde van André y Mariska a la universidad, y también a Somerset Mall (un centro comercial) que está muy cerca de Die Strand. (Die Strand significa ¨La Playa¨ y es el lugar donde nos quedamos) El día siguiente fuimos a Table Mountain (una montaña muy conocida) para subir con los teleféricos pero no pudimos porque hizo demasiado viento.
Decidimos conducir hacia Cape Point (el Punto de El Cabo) que es el punto cerca de El Cabo y más al sur como podeís ver en la foto de arriba. En el camino fuimos a Houtbaai para comer y también porque estuvimos perdidos. Comimos en un restaurantito al lado de la mar! Entonces seguimos y llegamos a el Punto de El Cabo a las 3:30 por la tarde. Pongo unas fotos para que podaís ver lo que encontramos. De todas maneras las fotos enseñan todo mejor que lo que puedo contar.
Houtbaai, waar ons middagete geëet het/Hootbaai, donde comimos al mediodía
Dit was die moeite werd om te verdwaal omdat ons toe hierdie mooi pad moes vat / Perderse valió la pena ya que acabamos cogiendo esta carretera tan bonita de camino a "Cape Point":
Waar Jan Van Riebeeck voet aan wal gesit het / Donde Jan Van Riebeek (primer holandés en llegar a Sudàfrica) llegó la primera vez
Waarnatoe volgende? / A dónde ahora? / Whereto next?
Hermann
Sunday, May 30, 2010
The adventure home
It was Sunday, the 16th of May and we were suppose to leave at different times from the airport in Fort Wayne. Ingrid was going to fly at around 1 pm and my flight was scheduled for around 5 pm. So weird start, but I mean that is definitely possible so it was not too suspicious. Well so I decide to just go to the airport the same time that Ingrid goes and then just wait around until my flight leaves later. We get to the airport and as I get out of the car, I realize that I did not bring my backpack with me. Pretty smart move right? Diego, my roommate tells me not to worry, but what does he know about the events that was going to happen the next couple of days.
It was perfect. I was going to go home to pick up my backpack and watch Rafa beat Roger again in the Madrid final before I had to be back for the flight at 5. We literally stopped at the house when Ingrid called and told me that they made a mistake and that I would actually have to fly with her in about 30 minutes. That is exactly how far the airport is from where we live. I am going to skip the details, but I missed that flight obviously and in the end I got another flight the next day to Atlanta where I would fly from to Johannesburg and then to Cape Town.
Monday, the 17th of May. Mishap number 2. My plane leaves the Fort Wayne airport and hour and 45 minutes late and I miss my connecting flight on Atlanta. I spend the night in a hotel in Atlanta. I was lying on the bed when I suddenly got a little thirsty. A Coke sounded delicious and as I opened my backpack to take out my wallet I made the discovery that my wallet was not in it as I thought. Fast forward a bit to the next day after I had contacted the Lost and Found departments of the Atlanta airport, the Fort Wayne airport, and Delta, the airline with which I flew. Keep in mind that this was aoll done throught the internet because I had cancelled my phone for the summer (a normal thing to do when you are not going to miss your flights).
My flight was the night at 7 pm and I did not miss this one since I was on the airport since about noon. When I got into the plane I realized that my seat was in first class and this made the flight a lot more enjoyable. I got to Johannesburg safely and then flew to Cape Town where my mom, sister, brother, and Ingrid were waiting. I know this was a long story, but I felt it was worth telling since this was the most interesting trip I had had up to that point in my life.
Best line of the trip:
I met a guy on the Atlanta airport who had lost his Raybans. After hearing that I had lost my wallet he asked the following, intriguing question: "Why did you do that?"
I am open to any suggestions on what to answer to a question like that in the future.
Thanks....Ayoba
Hermann
AYOBA quiz
What does AYOBA mean?
Qué significa AYOBA?
Què vol dir AYOBA?
Wat betekin AYOBA?
If you are motivated you can also try to guess where we got it from...
Si estáis motivados también podéis intentar adivinar de dónde lo hemos sacado....
"Googling it" is not allowed.
Price for the best answer!!!
Un viaje accidentado
A nice warm hat (coming all the way from Peru) for Fort Wayne's awful cold!
La llengua es per tu, "obviously". Gracies petarda!! TEM
...Kika...
next: Hermann's adventure from Fort Wayne to Cape Town!
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Welcome - Benvinguts - Bienvenidos - Welkom
Ek wou graag my eie blog skep en die programering deel self doen, maar het aan die einde van die semester nie die tyd gehad om alles te finaliseer nie en alhoewel ek hoop dat ek dit binnekort sal kan voltooi, het ons besluit om solank hier voort te gaan met ons daaglikse gebeure. Ons sal so gereeld as moontlik skryf en soos Ingrid ook al verduidelik het, sal ons kompetisies hê elke week waar die persoon met die snaakste of interessantste kommentaar een of ander klein persentjie sal ontvang. Jammer vir die opondhoud, maar waar ons in Suid-Afrika gebly het, was daar nie internet beskikaar nie. Almal weet mos dat Namibië die enigste beskaafde land in Afrika is. Daarom het ons nou internet 24 uur per dag en sal ons almal op hoogte hou!
Quería crear mi propio blog y hacer la parte de programación, pero al final del semester no tuve el tiempo para finalizar todo y aunque espero que lo pueda completar pronto hemos decidido empezar aquí con lo que hacemos cada día. Escribiremos siempre que podamos y como Ingird ya ha explicado tendremos una competencia en la cual la persona con el comentario más gracioso o interesante recibirá un regalito pequeño. Disculpa por el retraso pero donde nos quedamos en Sudáfrica no tuvimos internet. Todos nosotros sabemos que Namibia es el único país civilizado en África. Por eso ahora tenemos internet disponible cada día y mantendremos a todos en el ajo!
Hermann