my heart belongs to joburg

hello again!

i'm finally posting the rest of the pictures from south africa!

it was an amazing trip, full of wonderful memories that will stay with me forever!!!

with my grandmother a few days before surgery. as you can see my bangs decided to rebel against the hair dryer...

joburg's version of whole foods

cutest little cafe/bakery ever! they had a bunch of different, eclectic chairs and tables everywhere!!

shirt: mr. price
skirt: mr. price
sweater: forever21
flats: lucky

this made me chuckle!

at the jewish cemetery. really beautiful views up there!

all of the walls/fences have electric wires on them.

the house my dad grew up in!

i went all creeper and held the camera over the wall to see the backyard...and surprise! there was someone back there!!

with my grandmother in front of a statue of nelson mandela at the Sandton mall

Sandton mall

stayed here for a bit

the most beautiful flowers ever sent to me by my aunt! star gazer lilies are my favorite flower!! and the arrangement is in a ginormous teacup!!!!

lunch

from my adorable little cousins!!!

love them!! they are too sweet!!

the most thoughtful gift ever! candy that i don't have to  chew and lipgloss!

top: don't know
jeans: mr. price
sandals: bakers

one more mirror picture for good measure

where we ate almost every meal! the weather is so perfect there that you can actually sit outside! and there aren't any bugs!!!

my great uncle took this picture to send to all my family back in the states (basically an update)...my face is still pretty swollen (not nearly as bad as it was though!) and my neck is all bruised and green! blehhh

on the way to the Joburg theatre to see a fake ABBA concert!

my aunt's dance studio that she just opened

that is a pool cover up cleverly disguised as a dress!

with the family! my little cousins, kk and tannah!

best. show. ever! advertisement for it in the sky magazine

leaving Joburg :/

PARIS!! the pilot woke us up when we were flying over paris!! :]]

London around 4am...we landed about 30 minutes later

well, that's all for the south africa pictures!
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helahowsit?

hello all!

or as my south african family say "helahowsit?" i think they are saying, "hello, how is it?" but i'm really not certain. i've wondered about it since i was about 5 years old....

i'm officially in johannesburg, south africa!

to be quite honest, i've been here since 7 am south african time of yesterday, but we haven't had a spare moment til now.

the flight from london to south africa was amazing! the food was incredible, the stewardesses were friendly, and i slept for a solid 4 and a half hours! :]

also, it was fun to ring in the new year somewhere over egypt! i think i successfully experienced the new year 3 times! on london time (on the plane), south african time (on the plane), and american time after landing! #craziness

anyways, my grandmothers friend picked us up from the airport, and we rested at her house for a while. then my great aunt and great uncle came back in town today (they were vacationing in cape town), and we are staying at their house for the rest of the trip. :]

we ate dinner about an hour ago, and it was quite strange eating dinner when it was hardly even lunch time in the states! my body doesn't know what the year, day, or time is!!

today we went to a beautiful mall in sandton and just enjoyed the day. we shopped a bit, and ate lunch at a fabulous little cafe called Europa. then we came back to the house and enjoyed home-cooked burgers out on the veranda. besides the fact that i LOVE eating outside, i adore the table chat. the four of us all talk at once, two here and two there, changing subjects often and chattering on. :]

anywhoo, i'm not sure of tomorrow's plans...but i'll be sure to take lots of pictures no matter what! :]

in my pod on the plane to joburg :]

sunrise on new years day

more of my pod! it was soo incredibly comfortable!

view of joburg from the car

top i bought today from mr. price

dress from mr. price
not generally my style, but it fit so well i just had to get it!

and my favorite purchase of the day, the skirt from mr. price!!
i love this skirt! it's rather lengthy....falls right above my knees...and i already have a few tops i'm considering wearing with it :]]

view from my balcony

inside my room
i love having the door open, with the curtains moving from the breeze!

#mirrorpicture
top- forever21, shorts- bebe, sunglasses- forever21, sandals- bakers

that's all for tonight! i'll post again tomorrow! hope everyone's new year has started off splendidly! :]

fairwell!