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A Quirky, Churchy Tour of Troyeville

24 June 2012

I saw a lot of churches in Troyeville.

The first Dutch Reformed Church in Johannesburg.

The first Spiritualist Church in South Africa. I love the architecture. If you’d like to learn about the Spiritualist Church, read here. A different congregation meets here now though.

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18 Hours on the Wild Frontier

21 June 2012

On our way to the Bushfire Festival last month, my friends and I spent the night on South Africa’s Wild Frontier. This is the name given by the South African tourist industry to the corner of Mpumalanga province that borders Swaziland, Mozambique, and Kruger National Park. The landscape does indeed have a wildness about it.

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Sophiatown, Past and Present

27 November 2011

My apologies for the recent dearth of 2Summers reading material. I’ve neglected my online personality of late – real life has interfered. I’m trying to get back on the blogging wagon.

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Voortrekker: My New Favorite Afrikaans Word

10 August 2011

Joe and I woke up ridiculously early one Sunday morning. It was a beautiful day. Joe had an idea for an outing but wouldn’t tell me what it was. He ushered me into the car and we headed up the M1 toward Pretoria.

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