So A New Year Begins!
The Smelker family went 'South African' last night as we spent the evening with about 30 other South Africans, although there was the odd American dotted here and there - just as a reminder that we still live in the U.S. of A. Food was plentiful, laughter abounded and the kids went wild. Interspersed with English were conversations held in Afrikaans, although if a non-Afrikaans speaker joined the group, we would switch to English. Strangers became friends in one night as we swopped stories of growing up in Africa, and quite a few of us realised that we had grown up within a couple of miles of each other. And in some cases had even visited the same hang-outs - like the waterfall pictured here.
It was wonderful to feel connected to both my American family, and my extended South African one - to bring the two worlds together and have them merge in harmony. In fact it was so great, we're all getting together at the end of the month for a birthday celebration as two or three of our friends celebrate their birthdays!
As they say in Afrikaans - 'Gelukkige Neuwe Jaar, en al die beste vir 2007!' or, "Happy New Year, and all the best for 2007!"
Labels: Afrikaans, New Year, South Africa
posted by The Smelker Seven @ 6:46 PM
2 Comments:
...wait...explain the picture...was that part of your evening?
haha- I read through you post 2 times before making a comment and still missed that!
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