They’re here….finally

OK, Ron and Connie arrived in Cape Town this morning safe and sound. What a pleasure to have them come and visit. Thanks for all the cards, etc that were sent along. We are so sorry that the varscht made it to the airport here and then was made to throw away. That's how the sausage goes I guess. We'll replace it with BoerWors. The zoat will be great, and the dvd's will be fantastic!

On Friday night we went to the Cape Town International Jazz festival. We were pumped to see Ladysmith Black Mambazo but I think it was the Joe Sample Trio that really stole the show, at least for us. Ladysmith was good, not really jazz, but there were some really good artists, five stages in total that we could visit. I'll try to post more on the artists later. The feeling there was very electric and alive. The crowd knew all the words and the actions for the Mambazo songs, so with thousands of people singing and dancing we felt like part of the show.

On Saturday we went to Groot Constantia, the oldest vineyard in SA for supper with Dave and Errin. That was a nice time, except for the fact that we almost ran out of gas, we thought we did, left the car, and came back to find that it still started. The wine there was excellent, we bought a Shiraz to drink with supper, I had springbok steak which was excellent.

Yesterday Dave and Errin came to Forest Hill before we went over to Kirstenbosch for a picnic and a short hike through the blooming proteas which are just beautiful now. Darryl Dave says hi.

Tonight will be low key, and tomorrow off to Simon's Town on the train with mom and dad, and Dave and Errin followed by Kielke for supper with Ochi, and probably Ricardo and Marion.