Goeie more Andre - hoe gaan dit met u vandag ?

Ek het 7 1/2 jaar lank in Suid Afrika gewoon - van 1971 tot 1979. In die lasste 23 jaare het ek baie van die Taal vergeet :-( conseqently I'll proceed in Engels ;-)

I'm actually originally from Scotland, but my parents decided to emigrate to Australia and ended up in RSA instead. I loved it there, and somehow fluked it so that the SADF was willing to pay me to learn to fly while attending university - but just when I thought I had everything organized my folks decided to move back to Scotland - and dragged me with them since I was 4 months too young to be allowed to stay on my own.

Scotland didn't particularly excite me though, so as soon as I amassed enough experience to be able to escape, my wife and I set out to emigrate to Australia, and somehow ended up in California instead. I must admit, I love it here - in many ways it reminds me of RSA... great weather (unlike Scotland), extremely friendly people (unlike Scotland), and the ability to be financially compensated comensurate with how hard you actually work (definitely unlike Scotland).

I frequently think about coming back to visit SA (and show my wife where I grew up - Springs, in the Transvaal), but a lot of people have warned me to stay away from those areas. Pity. Maybe one of these days I'll still make it over tere, and just stick to the Cape, Natal and OFS.

Later,
Gordon