<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877267568485182859</id><updated>2011-04-21T21:57:50.795+02:00</updated><title type='text'>So there we were,,,, Alan's small space</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alantj.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/877267568485182859/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alantj.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Alan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03885269216661570857</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877267568485182859.post-9205220885932388638</id><published>2008-01-22T07:29:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T00:21:18.360+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Some engagement pics!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/R5WADh8265I/AAAAAAAAACE/8STFCvzaVn0/s1600-h/IMG_1979.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158169746364361618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/R5WADh8265I/AAAAAAAAACE/8STFCvzaVn0/s320/IMG_1979.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/R5WADx8266I/AAAAAAAAACM/1p38Mj3Mf5Y/s1600-h/IMG_1980.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158169750659328930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/R5WADx8266I/AAAAAAAAACM/1p38Mj3Mf5Y/s320/IMG_1980.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/R5WAEB8267I/AAAAAAAAACU/b3eusm2XyoU/s1600-h/IMG_1983.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158169754954296242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/R5WAEB8267I/AAAAAAAAACU/b3eusm2XyoU/s320/IMG_1983.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/877267568485182859-9205220885932388638?l=alantj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alantj.blogspot.com/feeds/9205220885932388638/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=877267568485182859&amp;postID=9205220885932388638' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/877267568485182859/posts/default/9205220885932388638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/877267568485182859/posts/default/9205220885932388638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alantj.blogspot.com/2008/01/some-engagement-pics.html' title='Some engagement pics!'/><author><name>Alan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03885269216661570857</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/R5WADh8265I/AAAAAAAAACE/8STFCvzaVn0/s72-c/IMG_1979.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877267568485182859.post-8969708761817413070</id><published>2007-05-06T16:00:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T00:21:18.755+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Two wonderful weekends away</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/Rj3gZRaflrI/AAAAAAAAABs/fINbqbrK_tE/s1600-h/IMG_1901.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061448281010181810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/Rj3gZRaflrI/AAAAAAAAABs/fINbqbrK_tE/s320/IMG_1901.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/Rj3gZhaflsI/AAAAAAAAAB0/RKADyYJs4zE/s1600-h/IMG_1915.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061448285305149122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/Rj3gZhaflsI/AAAAAAAAAB0/RKADyYJs4zE/s320/IMG_1915.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/Rj3gZxafltI/AAAAAAAAAB8/L9dru_R0PyI/s1600-h/IMG_1922.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061448289600116434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/Rj3gZxafltI/AAAAAAAAAB8/L9dru_R0PyI/s320/IMG_1922.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We were out in Gansbaai for Michelle's birthday and then a few weeks later a long weekend in Riversdale.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/877267568485182859-8969708761817413070?l=alantj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alantj.blogspot.com/feeds/8969708761817413070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=877267568485182859&amp;postID=8969708761817413070' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/877267568485182859/posts/default/8969708761817413070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/877267568485182859/posts/default/8969708761817413070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alantj.blogspot.com/2007/05/two-wonderful-weekends-away.html' title='Two wonderful weekends away'/><author><name>Alan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03885269216661570857</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/Rj3gZRaflrI/AAAAAAAAABs/fINbqbrK_tE/s72-c/IMG_1901.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877267568485182859.post-6492876926431782717</id><published>2007-03-07T07:22:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T00:21:19.108+02:00</updated><title type='text'>January in March ,,,, it took sometime to get going after the holiday!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/Re5N0oHZRkI/AAAAAAAAABI/lP6YlpZcBwY/s1600-h/118_1865.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039050599591134786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/Re5N0oHZRkI/AAAAAAAAABI/lP6YlpZcBwY/s320/118_1865.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/Re5N04HZRlI/AAAAAAAAABQ/qPeii0sFcqA/s1600-h/P1120134.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/Re5N1YHZRmI/AAAAAAAAABY/2CLTHF3PZq4/s1600-h/P1240483.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039050612476036706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/Re5N1YHZRmI/AAAAAAAAABY/2CLTHF3PZq4/s320/P1240483.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/Re5N1oHZRnI/AAAAAAAAABg/7-W_bz3q8Is/s1600-h/P1260576.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039050616771004018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/Re5N1oHZRnI/AAAAAAAAABg/7-W_bz3q8Is/s320/P1260576.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;we spent 3 fabulous weeks in Europe and the UK, our trip started with a few days in Basel, Switzerland staying with Andre (an old work mate) where Elizabeth began her chocolate tour ;) then two weeks were spent in Zermatt, Switzerland - a wonderful village high up in the Alps where there are no vehicles (other than modified battery operated carts!). Lots of skiing, sleeping &amp; cheese fondues were enjoyed. The last few days of the trip were spent in the UK, dinner with Jamie &amp;amp; Charlene, lunch the next day with the Fosters in Southampton and ending off that evening with dinner in Brighton with Elizabeth's friends. Thanks to BA we had to fly home early to avoid a strike that never actually happend. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here are a couple of pics&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/877267568485182859-6492876926431782717?l=alantj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alantj.blogspot.com/feeds/6492876926431782717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=877267568485182859&amp;postID=6492876926431782717' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/877267568485182859/posts/default/6492876926431782717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/877267568485182859/posts/default/6492876926431782717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alantj.blogspot.com/2007/03/january-in-march-it-took-sometime-to.html' title='January in March ,,,, it took sometime to get going after the holiday!'/><author><name>Alan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03885269216661570857</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/Re5N0oHZRkI/AAAAAAAAABI/lP6YlpZcBwY/s72-c/118_1865.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877267568485182859.post-6473605468674476263</id><published>2007-01-02T16:26:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T00:21:19.421+02:00</updated><title type='text'>New Year at Kirstenbosch</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;No need for winter in Cape Town this year, we had it all on New Years Eve. We were greated with 12 degree weather in the middle of summer, lots of jackets and warm clothing was needed. Oh, forgot to mention that the concert was great, the crowds were awesome and the sore head was worth it.&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/RZps071R08I/AAAAAAAAAAw/_R_kaK9gBpc/s1600-h/118_1829.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015440791700624322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/RZps071R08I/AAAAAAAAAAw/_R_kaK9gBpc/s320/118_1829.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Elizabeth in the queue&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/RZps1L1R09I/AAAAAAAAAA4/ZOLNVfgYC_g/s1600-h/118_1833.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015440795995591634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/RZps1L1R09I/AAAAAAAAAA4/ZOLNVfgYC_g/s320/118_1833.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Conrad, Clare and Elizabeth in the final count down&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/877267568485182859-6473605468674476263?l=alantj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alantj.blogspot.com/feeds/6473605468674476263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=877267568485182859&amp;postID=6473605468674476263' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/877267568485182859/posts/default/6473605468674476263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/877267568485182859/posts/default/6473605468674476263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alantj.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-year-at-kirstenbosch.html' title='New Year at Kirstenbosch'/><author><name>Alan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03885269216661570857</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/RZps071R08I/AAAAAAAAAAw/_R_kaK9gBpc/s72-c/118_1829.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877267568485182859.post-4900346916610462842</id><published>2006-12-29T11:09:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T00:21:19.956+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas in Cape Town</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/RZTdCb1R07I/AAAAAAAAAAk/0GIq9xHOveQ/s1600-h/118_1808.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013875319070905266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/RZTdCb1R07I/AAAAAAAAAAk/0GIq9xHOveQ/s320/118_1808.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/RZTcGL1R06I/AAAAAAAAAAU/G40yPzcrVz0/s1600-h/118_1808.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My nephew (James) taking my car for a drive,,, should I be worried?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The ladies decorating the tree at home of Christmas eve, from the left is Elzabeth, my mom and my sister.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/RZTbyr1R05I/AAAAAAAAAAM/vCGiUTYNQNI/s1600-h/118_1811.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013873948976337810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/RZTbyr1R05I/AAAAAAAAAAM/vCGiUTYNQNI/s320/118_1811.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/877267568485182859-4900346916610462842?l=alantj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alantj.blogspot.com/feeds/4900346916610462842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=877267568485182859&amp;postID=4900346916610462842' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/877267568485182859/posts/default/4900346916610462842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/877267568485182859/posts/default/4900346916610462842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alantj.blogspot.com/2006/12/christmas-in-cape-town.html' title='Christmas in Cape Town'/><author><name>Alan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03885269216661570857</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bsA3xLFATg0/RZTdCb1R07I/AAAAAAAAAAk/0GIq9xHOveQ/s72-c/118_1808.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877267568485182859.post-4451855991980383734</id><published>2006-12-29T11:03:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-12-29T11:04:18.504+02:00</updated><title type='text'>something, nothing, everything</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/877267568485182859-4451855991980383734?l=alantj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://alantj.blogspot.com/feeds/4451855991980383734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=877267568485182859&amp;postID=4451855991980383734' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/877267568485182859/posts/default/4451855991980383734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/877267568485182859/posts/default/4451855991980383734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://alantj.blogspot.com/2006/12/something-nothing-everything.html' title='something, nothing, everything'/><author><name>Alan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03885269216661570857</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
