If I were independently wealthy, I would B & B across the globe. I love staying at bed and breakfasts, because of the direct contact with real people, living their daily lives. On the second night driving back to Port Elizabeth, Jim and I and Mark and Beth stayed at Interlachen B & B in Wilderness. The owners, Elsie and Kevin, were humorous and natural hosts who welcomed us into their beautiful home that overlooks a string of fresh-water lakes and estuaries. There were even frogs singing! (I felt right at home.)
The room that Mark and Beth stayed in had two walls of floor to ceiling glass that met at a corner facing east. They were able to watch the sun rise from their bed. They said it was an amazing panoramic view. And, because we were up so high, they could see out, but no one could see in.
This room also came with a loo with a view. Their bathroom had a wall of floor to ceiling glass. Normally this would not be a problem. The only person who could see in would be someone on the house's outside stairs that led down from our room. As fate would have it, Jim and I happened to be on those stairs as Mark stepped out of the shower in all his glory!
We told Mark at breakfast, "You should know that the glass in that bathroom is not one-way." I added that Elsie and Kevin were training in a brand new staff person that day, and that if she had been the one to see what we saw, she would have run home screaming. Mark said, "Wait a minute. Why would she have run home screaming?" As Beth quietly reassured him, Jim just sat there with big grins on our faces. (No pictures will be accompanying this blog post!)
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