We planned this weekend months ago with our friends Madi and Pierre. You see Lance turned 40 last weekend, and Pierre’s 40th birthday is next weekend. It was the perfect excuse to go away for a night to Forum Homini in the Cradle of Humankind. Yes, we’ve been there before, and we enjoyed it so much that we had to go back again
One night only, because it’s expensive… and your stomach would never cope with eating that amount of excellent food for 2 days in a row!
And on the subject of food… it was good, very good! Dinner was a 6 course affair with wine teasers chosen for each dish, and included a honeydew soup with truffle foam, deep fried risotto, rooibos smoked beef fillet and ended with blue cheese ice-cream with honeycomb. Oh and then breakfast of course was just as filling with 4 courses including a frozen yoghurt and poached fruit with chocolate shavings… and then salmon frittata… before a full English breakfast.
Because it was their birthdays, when we got back to the suite after supper, there was an enormous bunch of roses on the table, and the bed had rose petals on it… very romantic
Pierre and Madi while we were sitting on the deck having drinks in the afternoon.
We took a walk in the late afternoon…
We were so very lucky to see the resident hippos! You get warned not to go walking after sunset because the hippos come out the water, and last time we went we didn’t even see them. We saw 3 this time… and they were watching us pretty closely so we didn’t want to get too close to them… I could have done with a longer lens actually.
This is the hotel, as taken from the bridge… the dam with the hippos was behind me at the time. Just beyond the small dam, you can see little pieces of wall… those are the suites that we stayed in… the hotel is built to blend into the environment and veld/grasses have been planted on the roof of every building.
Oh and then my favourites… the sunsets… the sky was absolutely magnificent last night!!
See the full set of 2010 photo-a-day photos on my Project 365 Flickr Set.
I was so pleased with the way the photobook turned out!
I also thought I’d show you some shots of the other photogs that were there, because in true blogging style, I had to record other memories from the day, and not just take photos of the gorgeous couple! They include Lisa, 
. You got some awesome shots. My personal favourite has to be the second last one – the one you showed me oncamera, I think…absolutely breathtaking …wish it was mine!
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