Cape Town's the place for me!
Trip Start
Jun 07, 2008
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Trip End
Jun 28, 2009
Cape Town,
Western Cape,
South Africa
Thursday, August 27, 2009
We flew down there from Zambia and the first day we had a real South African winter day. It rained and rained all day, but we still had fun. We took the Friedlands to the Aquarium and they loved it. Jon, their dad, loves tropical fish and has a lot of fish tanks. He even helps set up tanks at the Museum of Natural History, which is very cool. So that was fun. That night we had dinner at the Africa Cafe, where I have gone lots of times. It serves and African Feast and has food from all over Africa. My favorite is the Mozambican chicken and the bread. One of the ladies who works there remembered me from when I was a tiny baby. My parents know the owners and used to go there when it was in their house.
We did take the Friedlands up Table Mountain on the cable car
Me with Africa Cafe face paint
. It was very windy and cold at the top but fun to be up there again.While we were in Cape Town, we visited lots of schools and also looked at houses. I had to take a test at Reddam, where my friend Alec goes, and I liked his school and I liked the other all-boys schools that we visited. Lu had a sleepover with her friend Sienna and went to school with her one day. And I got to have a very short date with Alec at his house.
On Saturday, we went out to the wine country to Paul and Lucille's wine farm. Sienna and Ashlyn were there and Ashlyn and I had lots of fun. She is really funny. We climbed to the top of the mountain and found a very old cannon from 1784 and we also had sword fights, played hurling (the Irish game), and rugby. Lucille is about to have a baby and we all wished she would have it while we were there.
On Sunday, we went across the valley to a Chocolate Factory and ate lots of homemade chocolate. That was an awesome lunch! We could see snow on the mountains which is pretty rare.
When we move to Cape Town we will be able to go the farm a lot more because we are going to buy part of it to share it with Paul and Lucille and their friends Francois and Lindsay. I am very excited about this as it is such a cool place to hang out.
I saw the World Cup soccer stadium - it is almost finished. Schools in South Africa are going to be closed during the World Cup so that means I can go see some of the games!
We were all very sad to leave Cape Town but know that we will be back soon. I am now very jet-lagged and just wish I was back there.
