1 more week

In a weeks time we are leaving the cold weather behind and will have some lazy days in the sun ahead of us....maybe not lazy, but at least it will be warm:)

I know I will miss christmas time. Christmas never feels the same somewhere else, especially not if it is 30+ outside and sunny! To get the real christmas feeling it needs to be lots of snow on the ground, -10 outside and snowing,dark, christmas songs,decorations, christmas stars/ lights in windows and streets that lights up the darkness, family...That is christmas for me:)

But we will try our best to make it feel like christmas, bake ginger cookies, get a christmas tree , decorations and all that.

Liina is talking a lot about Santa Claus and asking if he will come to South Africa, and she has also a little St Claus wishing box, where she has collected all paperclips of dolls, baby prams, baby clothes, baby this and that....cut out of magazines, all what she wants for christmas is in there( she already once packed all the papers in the suitcase).

In 2 weeks time we are starting our first tour, the heat in Botswana can go up to +40 in November, especially in the Okavango area where we will travel. The rain season in Okavango is about to begin in November , so we might get some nice , fresh showers:) And animals starts moving around much more because of the rain, not only staying close to waterholes. Other areas we are visiting is Chobe Game Reserve, having over 120 000 elephants, so our changes to see some elephants is better than good:) Victoria Falls will be the highlight for many, we will spend one day by the falls. Don´t worry , I will put in plenty of pictures after the tour for all of you to see, of animals, sceneries, and Victoria Water Falls. Vic Falls original name is ´Mosi- oa-Tunya , in english `Smoke that Thunders´, it was Livingstone that named it Victoria Falls after the queen in 1855.

Girls are packing already,our suitcases are being dragged from one room to another, and lots of fun they have with them, makes beds out of them, good hiding place, puts all their toys in there.

My new website is up running now, it is not yet ready,keep that in mind, but have a look and feel free to give me feedback of what you think, you can use either; www.jannikaiafrica.com orwww.jannikaiafrica.net. I still have to put in much more pictures, and work with the translations, it is a lot of work, but Im getting there:)

Have a wonderful sunday, me and the girls are going out to play in the little snow we have on our yard, maybe we can build a small Santa Claus:)

Love,

Jannika