Easter in Southbroom

We took a two-week spring break to visit our families in South Africa for Easter. I headed to Southbroom where I caught up with my parents and their new border collie puppies, Jinx and Jess. My brother, Debby and their daughter Penelope flew out and I got to meet my darling niece for the first time! She is perfect :)

Jinx the puppy with The View

Penelope's first Easter Egg hunt with Swiss chocolate eggs!

Fun at the MacBanana Adventure Golf

Aunty V and Penelope bonding over books and Duplo

We visited the Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve for a day, where we saw zebra, wildebeest, bontebok and impala. Oribi Gorge is a canyon in southern Kwa-Zulu Natal, cut by the Mzimkulwana River. We bravely crossed the suspension bridge on quite a windy day, enjoying the spectacular views over the gorge 400m below us.

The suspension bridge

Beautiful view over the Mzimkulwani River

It was a lovely family trip and a wonderful catch-up with everyone from around the world.

Happy Easter

In South Africa, the Easter Bunny hides a lot of chocolate eggs around the garden, which the kids hunt for and then stuff their faces with. In America, surprisingly, it is a much more wholesome holiday. Families spend time decorating boiled eggs together and then eat egg salad and egg sandwiches for the rest of the week! Because it's still a little snowy and slushy outside, the Alaskan Easter Bunny stays indoors and hides plastic eggs filled with money or sweets. We spent a lovely Easter Sunday with a group of friends, who were kind enough to let me decorate eggs and hunt for treats with their kids!