Holiday Time!

Andrew and I spent our first Valentine's weekend away at a Farm in the Natal Midlands. We had both been very stressed and busy at work so we were looking forward to being away from everything. We weren't even worried whether it rained or not - if it rained we were going to hook our computers up and play DOTa... it was all planned.

We left work at lunchtime on the Friday and enjoyed our drive. As we got a bit closer to our destination it became apparent that the one patch of storm clouds that there was, was probably hovering over our destination...

Never fear though... We trundled down the bumpy sand road from the entrance of the farm to the "reception". The person there asked if we would like tea in our room and also organised for someone to help us with our luggage...

We got into our room and that was where the fun started... the toilet was pink and white, the floor was dirty, there were cobwebs over the pillow of one of the beds, thin wooden boards over what should have been glass panes in the door, a bath that was too small for even me to fit into... and then horror of horrors... the discovery that there was not a single plug point in the ENTIRE room.

This wasn't too bad for me - having brought other stuff to keep me occupied other than computer games, but for the IT one, it was the straw that broke the camels back- as we watched the rain falling outside through the non-boarded up window. After some persuading Andrew was convinced to stay for the night.

In the morning the sun came out, we played some tennis, swam, played more tennis and enjoyed not cooking or washing dishes. In the evening there was a cute Valentine's dinner with balloons, red decor and heart shaped chocolates.

In the end it was just what the doctor ordered - very relaxing and chilled (we hooked our computers up in the cute little bar that had no alcohol or drinks in it?!). We left the next morning, having had a relaxing stay, but having agreed that we weren't going to be re-visiting anytime soon...