There is a very good reason why I have been so quiet on this front. The last time I wrote, there was no talk of the house being sold. But then, all of a sudden, everything happens at once and just when we thought we had enough time to pack, we hear that we have to leave earlier than originally planned.

Now it is a bit difficult to really find the time to write something about Traditions and Special Holidays again, but it will definitely come.

Joyce and I have been together in the agency for 10 years now, and the whole time the SA head office was here in Potchefstroom. From the end of November, the head office will be in Vermont, Hermanus – by the sea. This does not mean at all that any au pair who falls in my area of ​​North West, Free State and Northern Cape has to feel neglected, everything continues as before and I still arrange everything as before specifically for my au pairs and all our au pairs. It is very easy with email and interviews can be done via skype/facetime/whatsapp video call, which can bridge the distance.

So in early January I will resume the blog and in the meantime I am packing up for the Great Trek to the South. . . You can still contact me, however you want to do it – I may be a little slower with my answers, but then at least you will know what it is about. In the meantime I wish you a wonderful summer holiday, with a wonderful Christmas time with loved ones and a beautiful and prosperous 2018. To our Martrikulants – hope your results reward you for your hard work over the past 12 years.