The Avenue Hotel Cape Town

... But I digress... So the mother in law's purpose is to teach her new daughter in-law how to be a good wife and understand the wants, needs, moods and general whims of her son, because as Thembile explained to me, "No woman knows a man like his mother." The mother in law also instructs her new daughter in law of what is expected of her as a mother. On a serious note, Thembile told me that his own mother suffered greatly at the hands of her mother in law and husband's ...

... the loud music blasting from various nightclubs we slept pretty well.<br><br>Tuesday morning we had some breakfast and went walking to explore Cape Town. Seeing as I proposed to Rachel a few days ago we decided to go have a look at some rings and diamonds. South Africa is supposedly a good place to get diamonds but after 5 hours of visiting jewelers our heads were spinning, there is quite a lot we didn't know! Most places were very helpful and we learnt a lot. Between talking ...

... stuck in beer-stained Oktoberfest hats);<br><br>· You can ride ostriches, as Michael and Tracy successfully did. If you do not believe me, they will proudly show you the "official ostrich driving licenses" that they received in recognition of this feat...so why am I still doing all the driving?;<br><br>And speaking of animals and driving, we noticed that on our drive to Cape Town we were going to travel right past Bontebok National Park. What kind of ...

... Als ich gerade dann die Treppen zum Hostel hoch ging, liefen mir schon wieder Casper mit Cousinen entgegen. Die Welt ist einfach viel zu klein. Gleich gehts mit denen zum Carneval Court, ebenfalls eines der vielen Hostels an der Long Street und bekannter Partyort... Brisko PS: Ihr koennt euch vorstellen, dass ich tonnenweise Bilder zum hochladen hab. Naechste Woche bin ich wieder daheim, dann kriegt ihr sie! Wenn alles gut laeuft hoert ihr wieder am Sonntagmorgen von mir, bevor ich abfliege.

Sitting in bed after our first official day in Cape Town. I can't believe its not quite 24 hours since we landed. I feel like we've been on vacation for a week already, so I think that bodes well for the rest of the vacation. We had a great breakfast where we're staying. Home made granola with fruit salad and yogurt, toast, coffee, and freshly squeezed ...

... dual carriageway and drove to Hout Bay. I got some takeaway at a place called Nando's under the high street. That's what English sounds like down here. Cape Town is one of the other very few places on this trip I have already been to but there is no way I can take a trip around the world and not include this amazing area. What the city lacks in safety it more than makes up for in physical beauty. While it's many ...

... and found Will instead. Will ran back to our room and was just hysterical laughing, and then we went back to their room and Britney pretended to be angry as the three of us just sat and laughed at what had just happened. So hilarious. Ok, day two. The second day Will had to leave for his Safari at 6:30am. Needless to say he wasn't in the best of shape in the morning and had to come back to the room literally five times to continuously collect **** that he ...

... hot it can start bubbling and splashing out of the test tube. If this chemical gets into your eyes, you will be blind (but we don't have an eye flushing bath, so we would just have to shove our head in a sink). If I spill it on my hands, he said it will feel like a soapy liquid, but to not be fooled, it is just our flesh being eaten up! Then, as the entire class began to act nervous, he made a side comment that maybe this chemical was a little dangerous to have in lab! So ...

... drunk and kicked myself home to bed by 9pm. Drunk dialed and was so excited to see a taxi that I attempted to hail it Montreal/New York style..... needless to say it's not how it's done over here! I took a 14 hour overnight bus to get here. An experience not worth repeating or telling my mum about because I think that she would ship me back home! I will post pictures as soon as I get back next week hopefully! Please send me news!! Love, Andrea

... fest started at Odette's place with a glass of champagne at midnight.(Kylie, Stephen and Andrea's b'day on three consecutive days.) Odette, what was in that champagne?!? It continued with lunch at La Petite Fermes, followed by a family picnic for Stephen's birthday at Boschendal the next day and ended with Roy's famous paella for Andrea's birthday. We must start running soon. Hhmmm.... next week.