We are happily ensconced in a lovely and quirky house on a rocky slope in the hills of Windhoek. When we arrived early on Monday morning, we were greeted by raucous Grey Louries. C3 said, "The neighbours have sheep". I pointed out that it was the birds! This was the first of many new experiences for them ....
On our first expedition to buy groceries, C4 started tugging urgently on my shirt as I was paying. "Mum! Mummy! That lady is packing OUR stuff!". She was horrified until I told her that it was the lady's job to pack our groceries.
Yesterday morning I was in the bathroom when I heard C3 and C4 screaming at the top of their lungs - I came charging out just as they were running into the bedroom. C4 ran straight past me without pausing and up the stairs of the mezzanine floor (still screaming). C3 yells "There's a BIG ANIMAL in the garden. It's a dog, it's a monkey, it's a RACOON!". I arrived on the deck just in time to see a very large baboon jump lazily up on the railings. He looked quite cool, as if to say "What IS all the fuss about?" and then quietly disappeared over the side.
I'm not sure they will ever quite recover from their first sighting of a 'racoon'!
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