Farewell

Who’s Who – July 1979, February 2008

For our last evening with Peter and Annette, we were invited to a braai at Poal & Miriam Norkjaer’s house. Poal came to Botswana over 30 years ago, and also worked in Serowe when Peter, Andre, Bram, Miriam and Tears were there.
It was partly a Serowe old-timers get-together, with the four boys and Tears and Miriam, and partly a Danish do, with another Viking from Maun and his wife. Although Poal and Flemming are by now Botswana citizens, they can still kill their beers like real Scandinavians, and make a merry party.


We’ll throw in a description of a typical southern African weekend-do, so you Europeans know what we like:-)
The guests are expected three-ish, carrying their own cooler-boxes stuffed with drinks. The food will be served anywhere between four and midnight, depending on the quality of the firewood, the weather, and other known and unknown factors. Poal and Miriam have four of their five daughters still living in the house, so the usual collection of salads & pap was extra elaborate and delicious.


The rest is simple; you sit in the shade, chat, sip your drink, dish, dish again, chat, sip your drink, decide to go home, stay a bit longer, and etcetera.