Welcome to South Africa

We made it! After 24 hrs, and 8 time zones, we arrived safe and sound, though not rested. We sat in the back of the plane next to a youth cristian group, and needless to say only when they slept, did we, though not on the schedule we had planned, so yet again we're a little jet lagged. We did have a great time once we got here, though.

It rained non-stop since we landed Saturday night, until Monday morning, when the sun came out for a few hours, then it started raining again. We're hoping it clears up so we can get out and see things better. We rented a GPS unit with our car and it's been nice to get out by ourselves and see what we want. I'm the designated driver since Evan is a pro at giving directions, (and I freak out when he drives, cause he wants to be looking out the window at the sites). We have our system down. While taking a sunday drive, we hit some traffic, and thinking it was an accident, became patient. When we saw the cause of the slow down, we were surprised to see the road floaded over. I guess the roads weren't built with this much rain in mind. Apparently the last 2 weeks were sunny and warm, and we must've brought the rain with us.

Here's the view from our hotel window.

We got out to see some sites this morning.

Here's a picture from signal hill

We really are lucky to be in such a nice area of Cape Town. It's very dangerous here, and we can't leave anything in the car, so Mr. GPS goes with me everywhere in his cool little red shoulder bag, which has now become my purse.

The wierdest thing is having to remind ourslelves to keep to the left, even in foot traffic.

Me from the base of Table Mountain- signal hill is in the back to my left

The University is nice where Evan's conference is being held. Evan presented some research today, and is happy to have that out of the way to relax and better enjoy the rest of the week.

We've been out to eat some, and it's CHEAP! We have full steak dinners at $10-12/person. It's awesome. The shopping is cheap as well, though I'm still looking around for some authentic artesan markets...

We miss P terribly, but are grateful he is in such good care. This is a true Vacation!