Ukraine - The Train

Ukraine, the 2nd largest contiguous country on the European continent with a land area of 233,032 square miles makes it an interesting land mass to cover.  Travel by train is rediculously affordable for any 1st world resident, but train travel across such an expanse makes it rather time consuming.  None-the-less, we set out to travel from Kiev to Mariupol by train and went with 3rd class to maximize the savings seeing as travelling 1st class was unnecessarily expensive.  It was quite a trip.

I hope to do a nice post of the trip soon...

Ukraine

A little while has passed since I last put something up.  Between weddings, moving house and a trip to Ukraine I have not had much free time.  I can't wait to share the trip here, but for now here's an image that includes three things I love.

Beautiful Birthday Girls!

When visiting my family and friends in South Africa, I had the honour of capturing my best mate’s two beautiful girls’ shared birthday – born on the same day two years apart!  How crazy is that hey!   Chantal did an absolutely amazing job at making their birthday such a beautiful one.  Children’s birthdays are so awesome!  It’s that time when you get to forget about all this crazy adult behaviour and just run around like a crazy sugared up maniac getting drunk on all the laughter and excitement in the air – I LOVE IT!

These two little angels are something special.  And when you have such special kids, you can’t help but look at their parents.  Chantal and JP are GREAT - great friends, great spouses, great parents.  They live and love passionately and this is seen in their children who are just full of love, laughter, life and joy.  After spending a weekend with them, I felt myself left craving after what they had.  Thank you my friends for sharing your life and love with me.

Ok, before I start crying here are some pictures!  Haha!  I’m a big softy!

PRICELESS….

cousin Jacques – this little dude couldn’t get enough of the party treats!

No place like Grandma’s arms!

Oh the excitement!

 

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Dave & Debbie–Tulbagh–Western Cape–South Africa

I don’t know where to begin really.  I’ve known Dave for over a decade now and he has been nothing short of an awesome friend.  When I heard he had met Debbie, I just knew there was something special happening even though I didn’t know her.  So when he told me he was planning a trip to speak to Mr. Tapson it did not surprise me at all!  Having never met Debbie, I could tell just by the change in Dave’s life that she was definitely something good!  I was humbled and honoured when Dave and Debbie asked me to fly out to my lovely and much missed homeland to shoot their epic day.  I was also very lucky to have a super, SUPER assistant to help me out and contribute, Nadine did an absolutely phenomenal job and her image contributions were awesome!  I recommend you head over and take a look at her work.  Thank you Nadine.

The wedding was AMAZING!  Everything from the venue to the food was AMAZING!  Dave and Debbie got married in the beautiful Winelands town of Tulbagh located in the Western Province.  Tulbagh is something special;  a town situated in a bowl surrounded by the Obiqua, Winterhoek and Witzenberg Mountains with breath-taking views every side you look.   The wedding was held on the beautiful working fruit farm – Roodezand – which has incredible grounds and absolutely spectacular scenery.  I was almost overwhelmed with excitement at all the options I had – NEVER A BAD THING!

Dave and Debbie tied the knot with a very beautiful ceremony outside under a big blue sky in the glorious, autumn sun.  The ceremony was beautiful, personal and completely God focused – an incredibly special time.
Ok, so you can tell I loved this wedding!!  Now on with the images, enjoy!

And in closing… for anyone who knows Dave – you’ll appreciate these – sheer brilliance by the man of the hour.

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