We already knew this, but it's official, South Africa is a long way from Port Angeles.
Yet, eight movies, one nap, and 21 hours of flying later, we have found ourselves in Johannesburg.
Last night we enjoyed the first of our soon-to-be many adventures in South Africa. We walked the what should have been four blocks from our guest house to 4th Avenue, a main street with lots of shops and restaurants. Dad was navigating, so we ended up taking a three block detour, but we somehow still arrived at the restaurant, Vovo Telo. The meals were delicious, but the highlight was definitely the carrot cake. Ben disagrees, but he used to eat cherries with ketchup, so... He had red velvet cake and thought it was much better.
We got home at 7:15pm, and I went straight to bed while Ben obsessed over rugby.
Today, we had a delicious breakfast made by our hostess. Afterwards, Dad and Ben spent a couple hours playing cribbage on the porch while I went back to sleep.
Yet, eight movies, one nap, and 21 hours of flying later, we have found ourselves in Johannesburg.
Last night we enjoyed the first of our soon-to-be many adventures in South Africa. We walked the what should have been four blocks from our guest house to 4th Avenue, a main street with lots of shops and restaurants. Dad was navigating, so we ended up taking a three block detour, but we somehow still arrived at the restaurant, Vovo Telo. The meals were delicious, but the highlight was definitely the carrot cake. Ben disagrees, but he used to eat cherries with ketchup, so... He had red velvet cake and thought it was much better.
Today, we had a delicious breakfast made by our hostess. Afterwards, Dad and Ben spent a couple hours playing cribbage on the porch while I went back to sleep.
At 11:15, we got picked up and taken to the Apartheid Museum in southern Johannesburg. It was very powerful, and reminded me that even Africa is racist towards blacks. The museum was huge, and in the three and a half hours we had there, we only made it through a little more than half of it. The part we missed was about Mandela getting out of jail and becoming president, so basically, we only saw the depressing stuff.
When we came home, Dad and Ben played more cribbage while I took a nap. It's starting to seem like the only thing I do here is eat and sleep. We ate in tonight, and tomorrow we leave for a Safari at 8am.
Some random facts about this trip and South Africa:
- Ben has now complained twice that the urinals are much higher here than those in the US, so he has to use the stalls.
- The South Africans call traffic lights robots.
- Ben can sleep literally anywhere. Here is a picture of him on the floor in the Amsterdam airport:
We will be on the Safari and without internet for two days, so I won't post again until Sunday or Monday. Hopefully the next post will be full of pictures with beautiful animals!
Bye for now!
-Abby
Love your reflections, Abby! Keep them coming!
ReplyDeleteaunt Carrie
Abby this is fantastic! I’m so excited to read more! It’s engaging, informative, and hilarious. I love that traffic lights are known as robots. And please tell Ben that I support his Red velvet selection, but will never eat cherries with ketchup!
ReplyDelete- Jeff Braden
“Dad was navigating, so we ended up taking a three block detour”— ha ha! That’s what would happen to me too. Sounds like a great trip—loooking forward to awesome photos of animals!!
ReplyDeleteDear Abby, Thank you for sharing your South African experience and Ben's observations too. Great commentary and photos! Looking forward to future posts. Love, Grandma Mary Jo and Grandpa Jeff
ReplyDeleteI hope you guys have fun in South Africa and have some more awesome adventures.
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