All sorts.

This past week we have been chugging along, watching a bit of the Olympic winter games on TV and also been doing a bit of clearing out of Paul's stuff and his mum's, taking it to the recycling centre or second hand shop.  There is still lots to sort out but all in good time.

On the news we learnt that the South African President resigned.  Zuma's government was corrupt as hell and hopefully the next chap will bring more stability to the country.

We ended up putting in an offer on a 2nd hand campervan but the guy would only accept cash-in-hand.  Paul wasn't happy about a cash payment and the bank refused to release the cash, advising it was safer to do a bank transfer.  Eventually the seller was ok with the bank transfer.  Before doing the bank transfer though, Paul wanted him to sign a basic AA of contact of sale (the template of which can be found on the internet).  It  basically covers the buyer in case things went wrong.  The seller initially agreed to sign it and then refused.  So we backed out of the deal altogether on the basis that something 'dodgy' was going on. 

The T@B 400, similar to what we looked at.  (Photograph off the internet
to give you an idea of what we saw.)

Yesterday we looked at tear-drop shaped small caravans (also known as T@B or TAB) and then headed to Antwerp to pick up some plastic boxes for storage.  They are more durable than cardboard boxes and eventually, as and when we can buy or rent a house, we can move and empty the plastic boxes and perhaps sell or pass them on to people who might need them. 

It was getting a bit late to do anything else so we had a meal in Antwerp and went to watch a film, "Murder on the Orient", based on one of Agatha Christie's books.  It was fun and nice to go out for a change.