NZ's South African Adventure

Saturday, September 08, 2007

It's the Soweto Gospel Choir tonight. Looking forward to it.
We caught the sunset at Camp's Bay yesterday while eating Nando's chicken on the beach. It was oh so good! Katy went to Jane's for a sleepover, so it was just the boys and us.
Tonight Moira comes to look after the kids and tomorrow is SA's debut in the rugby world cup in France (Canada plays Wales as well). I think there is a small (2000)gathering to watch this game at the Newlands stadium in the late afternoon which I might be persuaded to attend. Go Springboks!

Thursday, September 06, 2007

Harry and I had lunch in the Company's Gardens. The flowers are coming out in majestic form. Harry had a great time feeding his pb and j to the birds...and then trying to keep them away from the crumbs. He laughs and laughs. We also used some time to check out the Jewish Museum and Holocaust centre they have nearby. It looks worthwhile to spend more time at some point.
Henry is officially finished rugby for the year except for the brai windup. Hockey was postponed yesterday due to rain and that will be all next week with the season ending tournament. For Katy, hockey has been mostly practices since they have a hard time finding teams to play against.
I've found that listening to CBC during my surfing time is very nice. The rugby world championships start tomorrow night and the country is geared up for a SA victory on Sunday night vs Togo. The big test should come next week against England.
Bafana bafana (the SA soccer team) is playing an exhibition game here on Sunday vs Zambia, only the 4th time the team has played in SA since 1994. That should be sold out.
Carla and I are going to attend the Soweto Gospel Choir concert at the Baxter theater on Saturday. Haven't heard them, but they are Grammy winners, must be good!

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Well we almost made it to Canadian "soil" this weekend as the HMRS Toronto was docked at the waterfront here. We ended up talking to some of the staff while we ate at the Spur restaurant and they filled us in on what was happening. There was a ship from the US, Holland, Portugal and a couple of others as well. That was an impressive site. I'm thinking I should have had my camera to take pictures.

At least today I took the camera when we went to "Googs" or Gugulethu one of the communities created during apartheid to house the black people. The houses were built around 1975 I was told.
The leaves on the Oak trees have returned as the weather is much nicer. It feels like Manitoba in mid May. Spring lasts for one month here and then it is summertime until May.