Its all about "experiences" this year

"Experiences" is one of my buzz words for this year.At the end of the day as mentioned on a previous posting I think I mentioned that "experiences" one can never take away from you however material things can be.When its your time to rest you cant take these material things with you. I am not saying I dont enjoy certain material things-we all do.These things add to the joy in ones life and may ignite an experience however dont focus on things that wont add value.Today I am heading off to "The Strandloper" (www.strandloper.com)to fulfill an experience that both my mum and I have wanted to explore for many years now. I figured a spur of the moment days leave to fulfill this for my mum before she leaves will be priceless. We have a beautiful 27 degrees in the mother city and we going to hit the west coast soon.....Cant wait...Talking about experiences I was most touched yesterday to have been copied in on an e-mail from a long staying guest to our MD where he oozed with beautiful words about the hotel and mentioned that he does not like to single out staff members however wanted to thank me for a few things that made a difference to their experience. Not only did they put a big smile on my face but they really warmed my heart to see another happy guest leave with an amazing experience. I went to see them and thank them for the touching words and spent some time with them while they had their cherry on the top to end of their stay....the indulgent afternoon tea. What a great elderly couple....we exchanged a few words and shared many laughs and banter about our lifes experiences. There really is something oh so special about spending time with the elderly. I wish you a day full of great joy and experiences too.....