Day 275 May 7 2015 Haenertsburg South Africa

view of the cottage we rented

on a walk looking for animals

enjoying our first braai in South Africa

Day 275  May 7  2015 Haenertsburg South Africa

We drove about 4 hours to the cabin we rented in Haenertsburg arriving just before sunset.  Upon arriving I lit the BBQ then the kids and I went for a walk to the lake on the property.  The view from the front window overlooking the lake was nice.  

Day 274 May 6 2015 Centurion South Africa

Day 274  May 6  2015  Centurion South Africa

Today we picked up the Nissan X trail the we rented, bought a GPS, a cheap phone, 2 pairs of binoculars and groceries.  We moved about 30 km from the hotel that we stayed in last night but we are in a 2 bedroom apartment and can cook our own food.  We are going to pay the kids 1 dollar for every first type of animal they seen, if Evy or I see it before the kids they get nothing but it is off the list of eligible animals.  Evy spotted our first animal today. There were zebras grazing in a field beside the highway, it was cool as we have not left the city yet.

Day 273 May 5 2015 Johannesburg South Africa

playing tag

enjoying the sun

hanging  around the games room

contest to see who would jump into the cold water first

Day 273  May 5  2015  Johannesburg South Africa

We arrived in Istanbul at 11:45 pm and caught our flight to Johannesburg at 1:30 am.  It was an good flight but the pilot aborted the landing in Johannesburg and did fly around for some reason.  We arrived at our hotel in Johannesburg shortly after noon,  the kids hung around the pool while Evy had a snooze.  We went for lunch in the late afternoon and the supper around 8 pm.

Day 272 May 4 2015 On a plane between Paris and Johannesburg

David saying good bye to a box he carried into many places

Day 272  May 4  2015 On a plane between Paris and Johannesburg

We left the hotel at 11 pm and stopped to wash the car we had leased for the first time in 45 days.  We had to return it relatively clean or face an 80 euro cleaning bill.  The car had a dent on the front fender and a scratch on the rear fender from a parking lot.  We had also lost one of the keys (left it at a gas station in Greece). There were no problems or hassles when we returned the car, the short term lease was a great way to get a vehicle for Europe.  We arrived at the airport at 2:30 pm and got our boarding passes at 3:15 pm.  We were expecting to be flying by 6:15 but our plane was delayed by 40 minutes.

Day 272 May 3 2015 Seine-et-Marne France

enjoying one of the smaller rides of the park

spinning like crazy

Isabel and Asterix

on the way to the 7 loop coaster

on the slide

on the wooden roller coaster

Day 272  May 3  2015 Seine-et-Marne France

We took our time leaving the hotel in the morning as it was raining fairly hard.  When we got to Park Asterix it was still drizzling so we had to wear ponchos.  The rain stopped after an hour and by 3 pm the sun was shining.  The park has an inverted coaster which is now my favorite rollercoaster.  They also have a great wooden coaster which Isabel was able to go on.  It is her biggest rollercoaster to date.  The lines were nonexistent so the longest we waited to board a ride was 2 minutes (probably less).  David and Isabel we able to walk to the Viking ship, have a ride and return to the restaurant in the time it took Evy and I to order lunch.   It was a great day with no lines, lots of good rides and cheaper prices then Disney.  Everybody thoroughly enjoyed the day and Isabel was sad that she will probably not return in the near future or possibly ever.

Day 271 May 2 2015 Seine-et-Marne France

2 happy kids about to enter Disney

looking at Thunder Mountain

a goofy picture

not this time

confused?

outside the small world

Day 271  May 2  2015 Seine-et-Marne France

We were at Euro Disney when it opened and spent a good portion of the day waiting in lines to get on rides.  It was drizzling for most of the day, not enough to get you wet, just enough to make it miserable.  Isabel enjoyed the Thunder Mountain roller coaster but David for the most part was looking for bigger rides.  When we got back to the room David searched the net for Amusement parks and found Park Asterix which is where we are going tomorrow.

Day 270 May 1 2015 Seine-et-Marne

Day 270  May 1 2015 Seine-et-Marne

We left the hotel in Entzheim France at noon and drove to Seine-et-Marne.  It was a very nice and easy drive.  We stopped to eat at a highway stop but it was packed with long weekend travelers so we decided to eat what food we had with us and keep driving.  When we got to our hotel we left the kids in the room and Evy and I went to look for supper.  Due to the long weekend all of the stores and most of the restaurants were closed. We did find a subway that was open and the kids enjoyed the first subway flat bread since leaving the states months ago.