I recently upgraded my NAS4Free server to XigmaNAS. It was a pretty painless affair. I backed up my config using the GUI tool. Installed a fresh copy of XigmaNAS on a flash drive, started it up with the defaults, logged into the GUI and uploaded my config backup. After a reboot I could see it.

I’ve been getting into whisky over the last few years and have been especially fascinated with some of the more esoteric stories and térroir that make for interesting whisky experiences. The transparency movement from the likes of Compass Box and Bruichladdich have peeled back the veil to reveal what goes into the whisky blending and.

Today was Tom’s birthday so he took a day off and we went through to see the Cutty Sark. It was a really surprising experience due to the way they had preserved the ship. They built a dry dock around it and suspended it in mid air so you can walk underneath it as well.

This morning was another early start. We were looking forward to fresh treats from the bakery, but discovered to our dismay that they were closed on Mondays (huh?). So we made do with leftovers and got out the house a little earlier so we could pop in at the bakery next to our bus stop..

It’s spring in South Africa and autumn in Germany. Who would have though? Dresden Table Mountain, Cape Town          

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We drove up to Mossel bay on Wednesday for a nice long weekend. On the way here we stopped at Rooiberg for some wine tasting. We also hit a small speedbump in Robertson called Klipdrift. I have been wanting to stop at the distillery for a while now and we had some time to kill..

We are back! Flights were uneventful (thank goodness) we did however manage to get squeezed in between two screaming kiddies on our first flight. Salomé also had some problems equalizing on the decent which was rather unpleasant. Customs let us pass straight through, horaay!

I just took a quick walk through the Virgin store. All the items that have = been marked down in their normal stores are being sold at the full price = (minus the tax of course). I did spot one item that was cheaper, but on the = whole it doesn’t seem worth shopping at.