Giro!

Of all the things (apart obviously from family and friends and taxis) we might leave behind, or rather can't take with us, I think we'll miss Giro the most (and of course my motorbike - that's shallow!)

We've run the stats: It takes 6 months in quarantine - of which at least 3 must be in SA, Jbg in specific. The kennels in Jbg are fully booked until June next year, which really translates to 8 plus 6 months (a year and 2 months - in case you ran out of fingers like me) that he'll be "kennelised", not knowing what happened to us, and also not knowing that he must wait for us. In addition, the SA leg of this excursion will cost around R30 000! Yep, you've guessed it, we've decided that he'll miss the taxis too much and will have to stay.

Now take into consideration that we don't have kids of our own, and that he has kinda taken over that role in our home, plus, he's about 6 years old and can probably easily do another 6, plus he's just become tame (ie not eating plants or digging in the garden) and most of all, he's around the house when I'm not there, and even though he's just a dog, he's really quite a persona and a really great companion, now imagine how we feel about having to leave him behind. At this stage we're counting on family or friends to provide a home. "Ouma" and "Oupa" Coetsee have got Eddie, but what the heck, we believe the two will get along fine - now we just have to convince them as well!