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Shed your stress in Rosendal

The greengrocer’s on the corner immediately takes me way back… The jars of sweets on the counter, and the grocer behind it busy counting, weighing and wrapping… and I’m overcome by nostalgia.

I sit on the shop’s stoep, eating my ice cream and reminiscing. The year’s stress starts to roll off

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