Merry Christmas!

"Expro colleagues Jeff Cronje, Wendy van Eck and Johnny Louch, have organized a Christmas Day party and lunch for the homeless and destitute in Tent City, an ...

In the meantime, back to the Spanish language course. Just for the record, folks, this is my first contribution to the Herald in a long time. The CO has become surprisingly fluent in Spanish. Plus, I had to devote much of my time encouraging the winners of the football World Cup. Why the absence? She does have a way with words. If you ask the editor nicely, maybe I can make a ‘comeback’ of sorts. Asking the woman in charge, who did not want her name mentioned, the ‘manager’ told John about the camp: originally a pig farm; it has no ablution facilities; everyone shares what little they have. Hesitant at first, Johnny asked the youngster if she was okay, and where was she going. As John poignantly put it: it was a sight for sore eyes in more ways than one. “Home,” was the reply, at the same time asking Johnny for a lift, pointing in the direction of where exactly ‘home’ was, ‘over yonder hill’. That is exactly why we fancy Uruguay: it’s a beautiful country: peaceful and quiet, no load shedding and plenty of water.