What you just scrolled down from is a pretty photo of my stunning wife in front of a jacaranda tree. They are starting to bloom here and their bold purple colour is quite a sight. What you also scrolled down from is the inspiration for our latest Miller roadtrip; Pretoria.

Pretoria is one of the South Africa’s three capital cities; it serves as administrative capital while Cape Town handles legislative business and Bloemfontein tackles judicial issues. Pretoria is also dubbed “The Jacaranda City” due to it’s high volume of this variety and at only 45 minutes away (and limited time left here in SA) we opted to pack up the car and go for a visit.

We have to be honest though, the trip ended up quite stressful due to high traffic volumes, muggy heat and less than cooperative children. After our obligatory tourist stops we found an outdoor park for all of us to blow off steam. The kids nodded-off easily on our return ride and we arrived back home thankful, collapsing back into routine.

– Jimmy