Capetown

Sam arrived Wednesday morning safely, in spite of the rain, and Thursday morning we flew to Cape Town. We're staying in a suite at the most amazing hotel in Bantry Bay - The Ambassador - with an amazing view of the ocean. The sunsets are absolutely stunning, but what else is new, hey?

Today we drove around Cape Town's wonderful wine farms, sampling the wines and eating the local delights. (Sam enjoyed braised Springbok -- a type of deer, and I had some linefish, a white fish like a cross between bass and halibut.) At one Vineyard, The Morgenster, we also chugged some delicious olive oils, many of which we purchased. It'll be tricky getting them home, what with the whole liquid prohibition on airplanes, but we'll see. Sam thinks we can freeze them, thereby making them "solids," not "liquids," but I'm not so sure that will work.

The flight from Joburg was actually quite nice. We flew on the equivalent of South African Jet Blue... so all the flight attendants were cracking jokes on the intercom the whole time. When we landed they said, "Welcome to Zimbabwe."

Sam is picking up little bits of local language all the time. "Lekker" means "cool." "Sharp" means "okay" or "good." "Eish" means... well, I don't exactly know but they say it a lot.

Tomorrow we plan to climb Table Mountain, a flat-topped mountain that surrounds the cape. We might also check out Robben island, where Nelson Mandela was locked away for 27 years.

By the way, Sam wrote this post, but Quyen just edited it. Enjoy!

-Sam