We have arrived. The traveling was similar to a call day. We woke at 5am, traveled from 6a to about 3pm the next day, and felt drunk and with a headache on arrival to Capetown. It started out grand- our first flight was "severely delayed", meaning we would miss all our connections. After God tested our patience (and won) by standing in line for 2 hours, we hitched a ride on a nonstop to New York but our bags would have to be transferred to the other plane. The check in lady confirmed with the bag guy (Stan) who we heard over the walky talky say "two big reds and one green" bags found. We love Stan. We were not to know if our bags were really on board until J-burg and we were so excited when we saw them we ran to them like they were our lost Buddy cat. But Buddy is not lost either, he is with Cale. The plane ride was not too bad. 9 hours from NYC to Dakar for refueling and then another 8 hour leg from J-burg. Mel was excited about a myriad of movies to watch on demand, but the dramanine taken on the second leg worked a little too well. When we finally reached Cape Town it was 10pm local time and our "driver" was waiting for us with my name written on a sign, who safely delivered us to An African Villa. The villa could be described as modern African. It is clean, with free internet (thus this long blog), and boasts our own bath and shower with a towel warmer, and breakfast included. We could not be more pleased. After taking the longest shower of my life, I layed my tired head on the pillow (interrupted by some heavy rain and strange dreams)...
Today, July 4th, we slept in and then headed out for some shopping and dining. Leigh is quite the negotiator. She will be doing all my bidding. She bought some awesome African paintings on canvas. Lunch was tapas. Dinner was Italian. The Coca Cola light is so good here, we think there may still be cocaine in it.
Tomorrow, we are going to Stellenbosch and surrounding countryside with a personal tour guide...
Hope everyone enjoyed the fireworks- Can we play with sparklers when we get back?
Love you! Melissa & My China (Leigh)
p.s. My China is what you call a good friend in South Africa
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M, I thought of you on July 4th, knowing you were in Africa by then. Good to hear your post and that all is well. Sorry about the 2 hr. wait in line. Was a movie showing during that time? No? Just had hoped maybe you had some entertainment.
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