Human Rights Day

We recently found out that today was a holiday…what a nice surprise. That meant the kids stayed home from school, mom and dad tried unsuccessfully to sleep in and we took in some free concerts in the Company Gardens downtown. We took train today as parking we thought might be rough, plus the train is only about $4.00. We found our way downtown easily enough and walked to the gardens. We saw some traditional African music, someone singing pop songs in Afrikaans, a boy band and some rappers, all within the space of an hour. Some of the music was good, some was not so good. The gardens' are on the same "yard" as the parliament buildings, the president's residence and the Holocaust museum as well as a fancy old church, libraries, etc. After this it was near lunch and we were somoosa hungry. We walked down the Loop St and made our way to the waterfront for some fried goodness and iced tea. What a treat. We watched the seals, people, etc and ate a nice lunch.