Now we have arrived here at the wild coast of Durban for the second day in the 'Wright House', which will be our home for the next four months. It already feels much longer with so many new impressions. Our landlords, Annette and Anthony Wright, welcomed us on Thursday with homemade 'rusks' - a kind of traditional breakfast cookie - and a lot of warmth. Our apartment is a dream, actually too big for us two small people, in colonial style and with a balcony where we can not only have a wonderful breakfast, but also accommodate about 20 people for a barbecue. When we wake up in the morning and open the windows, we hear the sea... Our little house is about 50 meters above Brighton Beach - it's a breathtaking view!

Still tired from the journey
Still tired from the journey
First breakfast
First breakfast
View from our garden
View from our garden
Living/dining room

We are not completely alone here either, luckily we have Max, our (German) property manager, who takes care of us, yesterday he took us three hours through the city and the American-style mega supermarket and guided us safely through the jungle of mobile phone SIM cards and all the pitfalls of car rental. So we are really well looked after!

Today we explored Anstey Beach on foot and spent a few lazy hours on the beautiful and partly deserted beach. A few families, schoolchildren, (mostly Indian) fishermen who look out for a twitch of the fishing line in the surf for hours...

Anstey and Brighton Beach
Anstey and Brighton Beach


And then: our first BRAAI = barbecue, the favorite pastime of South Africans. We bought T-bone steak, chicken skewers and lots of 'kudu wors' - a coarse sausage with kudu (antelope) meat - for 7 euros at a local butcher's shop, which can hardly be compared to the local butcher's counter... And the taste is even more so! Lekker!


We will let our souls relax one more time tomorrow... Before we go to the clinic for the first time on Monday, we are excited!

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Ina
Liebe Ariane, das sind ja wunderschöne Bilder! Da fühlt ihr euch in den kommenden Monaten sicherlich sehr wohl und habt eine sehr schöne Zeit. Der Blog ist eine super Idee! Ich werde euch folgen und bin schon gespannt auf den nächsten Bericht! Viele Grüße aus dem winterlichen Deutschland. Ina

Katharina
Da kann ich mich Ina nur anschließend. Sieht super aus! Lasst es euch weiter gutgehen und einen erfolgreichen Start morgen in der Klinik!

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