Hey Hey!! This is Jennifer :) So today was going to be a relaxed day. After the England game on Friday we didn't get home until after 1am. I didn't sleep until close to 3. We decided to sleep in a little and then head into the city. We met for breakfast as usual and all of us were dead tired and a little sick. We dug through JRs Russia medicine pack and took cold medicine.
We went into the city to the Waterfront and bought tickets for the "Hop-on, Hop-Off" sight seeing bus. This bus was a double decker that drove around the city to 17 different places and you got off and on whenever you wanted to. The bus would come around about every 15 minutes at every stop. We sat at the top and rode the bus pass the first 3 stops and got off at the 4th which was a city market. JR and I bought a couple of key pieces to put in our house, but Brian and Andy looked a little bored. It was pretty crazy and of course the boys kept comparing it to Ismalova (sp?) I could have walked around there for hours... but everyone was getting hungry. We stopped at a place called Safari Burger. The service was awful and we sat outside and it was cold. It took over an hour to get our food. Between the 5 of us, we had crocodile, prawn, lamb, and mushroom burgers. After lunch we walked to the next stop and then hopped on the bus. Here in Capetown their weekends are Friday and Saturday so a lot of the museums closed early. We didn't get to go in to them which really sucked. We did go to the District Six museum. This was a pretty moving experience for me. Here we learned about District Six and what happened when it was declared a white only area. Andy was particularly moved because the majority of the slaves and colored in this area were Indonesian and Indian. His parents use to come to Africa a lot in the 1980's and he isn't sure how after going t this museum.
We left the museum and Spicer attracted another crazy local. We hopped on the bus and took a drive along the Atlantic seaboard. It was BEAUTIFUL. The sun was setting at this time so it was also pretty cold. Brian wrapped his scarf around his face like an old woman. Pictures are on Picasa. We ended the Hop-on, Hop-Off at the Waterfront and checked out a local music shop then hailed a cab to a game restaurant. Game as in meat not playing. We read about this restaurant in a tourist magazine given to World Cup goers. It was printed this year. When we went to the restaurant it was closed down! I was pretty pissed. So we kept walking and stopped at this cute little Italian place called De Capo. JR and Brian had Impala and Spicer had Springbok and Andy and I had good old fashion cow. It was pretty good and we all voted that the Springbok was the best. We also had 2 bottles of red wine, one called "The Very Sexy Shiraz". Then headed home in a cab that tried to rip us off by taking us the long way home. We just stopped him and got out. We walked the rest of the way and drank another bottle of wine then went to sleep. Andy spilled on himself and was pretty upset. It was quite hilarious.
Alright tomorrow we are off for another laid back day with shopping and a castle! Talk to you all later.
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