Voting in the South African General Elections 30 April 2014

Today, almost 10,000 South Africans in the UK voted at the South African Embassy in Trafalgar Square in London.

Voting began at 7am and there were long queues throughout the day.

We decided to go at 16:15, the queue started at the centre of the National Gallery. Luckily for the entertainers in Trafalgar Square as well as Nandos who were handing out free chicken wings!

Queues were divided into A-L, M to V and U to Z.

Inside the embassy, they checked if we registered and verified our passport and ID, then we were given the long list of parties. We were told to make our mark, then put the form into envelope A then to put it into envelope B.

After standing in the queue for 2.5 hours, we finally got to make our mark!

First Grade fruit from all over the world!

The fruit here in the UK is top class! It is much tastier than back in South Africa.

Our fruit from Sainsbury's comes from all over the world! We had a look at where all our fruit came from and we were so surprised.

Bananas - Dominican Republic
Oranges - Argentina
Extra large oranges - Spain
Mandarin (or naartjies) - Morocco
Grapes - Chile / South Africa
Plums - South Africa
Pears - The Netherlands
Melon - Costa Rica
Mango - Peru
Paw Paw - Brazil
Avocados - Israel and South Africa
Apples - South Africa

Our vegetables are also from all over the world!

Mushrooms - Ireland
Asparagus - Peru
Mielies - Senegal
Tomatoes - Senegal / Turkey

Visiting Stonehenge and Bath

I decided to go on a tour with my cousin and her Mom to Stonehenge and Bath. We went with a tour company called Premium Tours. We had Sarah as a tour guide, her commentary along the way was very interesting. Highly recommend this tour.

We departed Victoria Coach Station at 8:15 and got to Stonehenge at 10:30. There is a new welcome centre with an exhibition and a restaurant. This wasn't there the last time Athol and I visited in 2011. The original car park is now been converted back to grass. We were lucky as the weather was great.

The Heel Stone

The new Welcome Centre at Stonehenge

The Exhibition at Stonehenge 

We left at 12:00 to Bath. and arrived at 1pm. We were taken on a tour on foot around Bath by Sarah then we had free time until 16:45. We had lunch at Chimichunga - mexican food. We walked around. Bath is such a pretty place. It is alongside the River Avon. 

Was at the Jane Austen Centre, apparently she lived and wrote here at 40 Gay Street, Bath.

We also visited the Roman Baths. We got to taste the spring water for free at the end, it tasted warm with a metal taste.

The English countryside is also beautiful because of all the rain.

A walk to St. James Square

This is where Athol used to work in the days when he worked for Rio Tinto. The office (No. 6) is no more there as they have moved.

It is directly opposite the St. James Park. Such a lovely park, the flowers here in London always seem so big, colourful and perfect :)