This week-end we were blessed with a little get-away to a Wedding & Conference venue in Muldersdrift, called Avainto. The name means "a village made in heaven". We were defnitely happy to try a place suggesting anything like that!
So this week-end we
relaxed about our kids sleeping over (with good & trusted friends) for the first time in three years. We
allowed our imaginations to transport us to a little Tuscan village (with a healthy measure of authenticity and African flavour thrown in)...
We
walked cobbled streets,
looked up at the earth coated towers and arches. We
saw outstretched blue skies. We
stood on our balcony and
smelled potted jasmin. We
watched many swallows in flight. We
walked some more- lavender lined paths...past a pond, over a river... we
danced all alone, in broad daylight, to the sound of a nearby saxaphone (playing at a wedding)...
We
sat and had good conversations, we
agreed that we wanted a lot more just me&him dates, we
dreamed of thrawling through real Italian villages...
We
bathed in bubbles, we
dined under the stars, we
listened to Eros Ramazotti and Micheal Bubble on the sound system, we
made slow love, we
slept naked, we
had breakfast in a cellar...
We
lunched on white linnen tables under a maple tree, we
saw a good guitarist perform live, we enjoyed the friendly staff, we
drank red wine...
We
smelled lots of pine trees, we
laughed and
joked, we
breathed, we
smiled...
We
felt so thankful for 13 years, and for right now, and for this week-end.
And we
took many photographs...
Avianto.... You can look them up
here . They also do Sunday lunches (3 course with live entertainment) and are only about 30 min drive from Jo'burg.
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