A Road Trip To Heidelberg
13 May 2012 | Posted in Bing
This post is long overdue. It’s been some time since we made this trip.
But I’ve been feeling really lethargic about blogging. I know people get writer’s block or blogger’s block, but it wasn’t a state of brain stall for me. I just didn’t have the mood to blog. In fact, I didn’t have the mood to spend time in front of my computer in the past few days. I haven’t blogged, haven’t processed photos and haven’t replied to a ton of emails. Horrors! What’s happening to me?
Perhaps it’s because the hubby had gone away for a week and I had played real hard (while the cat was away). Heh heh. So I’m both exhausted and grateful that he’s back and we’ve been spending time catching up.
This was shot in March when we took a road trip to Heidelberg, a small town about an hour’s drive from Johannesburg. I love going places with the hubby, and his companionship is one of my greatest blessings in my life. I love being able to share so much together.
Heidelberg’s a small cultural and historical gem. The first thing I noticed about it was how the houses and buildings were gorgeous, and did not have the usual electric fencing and barb wires like the properties in Johannesburg. I guess once you are out of the city, it’s more laid back and crime is not as rampant.
It was a rather old-fashioned quaint town. Much of the street signs, notices and building names and information were in the Afrikaan language. And many of the buildings have kept their original charm.
I’m not a big fan of old towns and heritage centres. But we saw lots of interesting things in the morning in Heidelberg. The place was full of fascinating attractions like an old jail, churches, monuments, military shell holes and a concentration camp cemetery.
I took Tomo with us this time and left Thando at home. It turned out that he was very comfortable, looking all pale and scary in a cemetery. Haha..
Day trips are really fun because we see a side of South Africa that is not often written about in the usual media channels. It’s a calm, quiet and thoughtful side of South Africa that I had liked seeing.
View more photos of the trip here …
Republished with the kind permission of Bing.