One Year In – What a Year It’s Been!

Phew! I can’t believe we’ve been in Africa for a year! I feel like so much has happened since we arrived… Honestly, it just feels like yesterday that I was getting on the plane to come here and wrote about my upcoming journey. And since then, we’ve put a home together, made friends, found awesome places to eat, went to amazing places, hosted friends and family and spent *a lot* of time together. (Luckily, we like each other and it has gone well.) It hasn’t always been easy and we’ve had some tricky times (did I mention I had to have surgery to remove a toenail?!) but, overall, it’s been a great year! Here are some of the interesting things we’ve seen/done this year:

A harsh reality upon my arrival…

Our makeshift table when I arrived!

The start of our furniture!

Our first safari!

First trip to Malawi!

Wonderful trip to Israel!

Our big hiking trip to the Drakensberg!

Naama met Nando!

An amazing market in Joburg!

Cradle of Humankind…

Freak shakes!

A trip to the U.S. isn’t complete without TCBY!

First trip to Cape Town!

Super fun accident in Malawi…

First surgery in another country!

Mauritius for my birthday!

Our first visitors, Tim and Maty!

My two online classes were soooo fun!

Trevor Noah!

The entrance to Soweto…

Safari with our next visitors, Alyson & Kate!

My brother’s family came to visit!

– By Naama

p.s. Please feel free to read our* other posts from this year – we’ve got everything from ‘firsts’ (safari, trip to Nando’s, etc.) to guest blog posts written by visitors. Hope you enjoy following along as much as we enjoy capturing everything!

*I know that I’ve written most of the posts but it’s mainly because Jon is lazy…