Day 5-Day 6

8:00 am
Cape Town, South Africa!!

There is no wireless, so I'll be posting from a public computer in the common areas.

After an awesome flight yesterday (we got sandwhiches and wine on a 3 hour flight, South African airways sure beats anything in the States!) we were picked up by one of Katie's friends from the ERs friend Andrew. He is Australian, and owns a hostel in Cape Town, so we're staying there. He didn't take any bookings this week or tours, so he's our own personal tour guide! We're lucky! The sun was setting as we were driving to the hostel, and it was absolutely beautiful! I love Cape Town already! Once we got settled in last night we went to a local pub to celebrate one of Andrew's friends birthdays. I guess you were paid in South Africa to open a business around the time of the world cup, so his friend had a brand new pub that was small but nice. Katie and I had our first South African beer, which was actually very good! (I'm legal here, which makes it even better!) We also had our first South African jello shot, and some orange fruity shot, which may have been guava juice? But they passed as well! Haha.
Today it is freezing and raining. I've been told by friends back home that this is much better than the humidity you all are dealing with right now? I woke up shivering and to the sound of rain, also to the sound of some animal Katie and I think may be a monkey, but we'll find out for sure. We were supposed to hike Table Mountain this morning and take the cable car down, but due to the weather we changed our days and plans around a bit, and will be going to the markets this morning. For lunch we'll be going to a meat restaurant, which I'm sure Katie will love. At the restaurant, you chose the meat you want, and they prepare and take it off of the animal right in front of you and then barbecue it. Should be fun!

Miss and love everyone back home! Hope you're enjoying the heat ;)
K