Today I had the pleasure of Thulani's company while Jamie was at school. She gave me stict instructions not to take Thulani with me to water gymnastics, but Thulani gave me a sad bear look with his little brown eyes so I gave in and took him along. He had a great time watching me get all red in the face. I had to explain that going swimming is not quite the same as in South Africa. Firstly, the pool is indoors.
He did not want to shower.
He wanted to jump into the "vario-becken" which is really warm at around 30°. It's called a "vario" because the pool level can be adjusted.
After swimming we did something really mundane. We went grocery shopping.
He found it funny that you need money to get a trolley
Thulani had never seen a german Aldi. It's what is called a discount store. They have a fixed range of products all under their own brand name which is complemented by seasonal goods.
The one thing the Kronenberg house is never without chocolate.
He had fun at the till.
Thulani found the fruit department quite interesting as there were strawberries from Spain, grapes from Chile...he wondered if anything grows in Germany. I explained that it does but we will have to wait for some sun to get nice juicy german strawberries.
Thulani kept on having to remind me to drive on the right side of the road after 2 weeks of driving on the "wrong" (left) side of the road. It's so much better driving around Bramsche, Johannesburg traffic is just hectic.
After all the shopping he had a rest till Jamie got home from school. He then looked over her shoulder while she did her homework to get an idea of what to expect at school tomorrow as he will be joining her.
She decided to play with her friends today as they had not seen each other for 2 weeks so Thulani joined the girls for the afternoon. I was told he did not like the outdoor trampoline.
Jamie loves Mirjam's disco ball.
Thulani with Jamie's best friends Adriana and Mirjam
He had a chat with Mirjams toys.
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