in which we inch closer to being Mitt Romney

Hello!
I have hijacked Alyson's account to write this post.  (She is busy tending blisters obtained from her new shoes, from walking around all over town.  We've been busy!)
I am writing this post from a four-star guest house, where our biggest problem is that they didn't have the house-made rösti on offer this morning at breakfast (shocking!).  This is what it looks like, to be precise:

(That's our room there, just past the pool, on the right.  Sorry the picture is so small, but it's night time here already.)

New developments:
I now have an off-shore bank account.  We are deeply invested in the future of the maintenance of our fig and apple trees.  We gave away an antique barrel.  I received a paycheck with 5 digits for what seems like remarkably little work.  We are concerned about whether the house servantry have maybe just a little too much access to our domicile. I fear that I am inching closer to one of the worst things I can imagine: becoming Mitt Romney. 

But hey, at least we get to watch the cricket!

In more serious news, things are super jumbled at the moment.  We have (still) found a great place to live, an original 1820s settler cottage, about 6 blocks from campus.  It is adorable, with adorably cutely awkward low ceilings and a huge kitchen.  It was not, however, ready for us to move in on our move-in date on Monday.  And so we put the bed delivery on hold, and moved all our crap from our new landlady's (I think?) house to a new hotel, and are planning to try moving in again on Wednesday.  For reference, "moving in" really means "Carrying our 5 luggages, 2 pillows, and box of dishes 3.5 blocks around the corner and waiting for them to deliver our new mattress."  Should be exciting, but we may lose internet access for a bit while we wait for Telkom to set us up with a new DSL connection connexion.  But once we are no longer living out of suitcases in hotels, things will be better.  And there will be more awesome pictures here.  First up, probably a tour of the new place.  And then braais.  Lots and lots of braaiing.  Should be fun!