Alright... so it's been a while i guess. I'm going to see what i can do to fill you in.
Day 5 was not that busy. We decided that we would take a day off and just finish off some sites that we didn't see. We went to The Castle in downtown Cape Town. It was a really interesting fort with some good history behind it. It used to be right on the waterfront during the wars between the dutch and english back in the day. Anyways... now it's about 3 miles from the current water line in the middle of the city. Crazy stuff :)
Anyways, we lost Andy in the castle for about an hour. When we were finally about to leave, we found him. After the castle, we head down to the water front for some shopping and soccer watching. Really, it was a pretty relaxed day that seemed pretty uneventful.
Day 6 was game day! Portugal vs. North Korea. We were starting the day off by meeting Tessa and her friends at Paulaner Brewhaus at 12:30 to head over to the 1:30 game. We decided that we would eat lunch before the game, so we got there at 11. We all ordered a pint of Paulaner to start us off :)
Once Tessa finally showed up, we head out to the game. Unfortunately, we had 2 sets of 4 seats that were in totally different sections. Me, spicer, brian, and andy took the bottom level seats with Jennifer, Tessa and her two friends taking the top level seats. It was so amazing at how it was POURING down rain, but we weren't getting wet at all. We were in the 14th row and nothing! So cool!
Anyways, we had a great time at the game. I mean, 7-0. Hard to beat that. Got to see Ronaldo score! We got to meet Betty from China who we had to befriend after we heard her say this: "That was the biggest penis I've ever smelled!" (Long story)
After the game, we all head back to Paulaner. We had dinner and we were about to leave when our English Hedge House neighbors showed up at the bar. Of course, they had to buy us another round. Then Andy went off and started getting Scotch. We all know what happens when he starts drinking scotch :) We left the bar pretty early, 10pm or so, all drunk and ready to go the next day.
Day 8, today, was rough. Because of our drinking the night before, we were ALL very sluggish. Great way to feel when you're about to jump onto a boat that's heading for rough waters :( We all survived though and got to see thousands of seals resting on seal island just off of Haut Bay. It was all very scary because our captain thought it would be safe to take the boat within 10 ft of the HUGE rocks that the seals were resting on... Anyways, we got out of there with some great pictures and headed on down the coast.
The next stop for us was the opposite end of Haut Bay. They had a great viewing area where we could see the entire bay. From there, we continued down the road to Cape Point. This is basically the southern most point in Cape Town. It was just another place to get great views of the oceans and the mountains. It's also where they do championship surfing, so you know brian was enjoying the sights.
While we were in Cape Point, we had lunch at a really good restaurant there. Me, Jenn, and Spicer tried oysters for the first time. I have to say that it was pretty good. Not at all what i thought it was going to be like. Me and Jenn also shared a seafood feast. It came with fish, prawns, crayfish, calamari, mussels, and curry. It was DELICIOUS!
After lunch, we went to Simonstown where you can see penguins on the beach! They were just walking in the streets of the town and they had a little area where you can go see the penguins up close. Got some good pictures and made a lot of friends :)
After penguin beach, we head home to catch the last parts of the South Africa game and the second game. Now I'm chillin here writing this post. Sorry if it was too short. You can ask questions if you want more details :-D Tomorrow is our last full day in South Africa, so there will probably only be one more update. Enjoy it when it gets here!
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