It's Bokke fever here this weekend. Everyone is wearing their green and gold sweaters to support the rugby cause. Flags are being sold on the street corner and the papers have nothing else to say but rugby world cup. As I picked up Henry at his school today, the kids were singing out of their open windows on the second floor trying to one up each other in volume. We heard the Bokke theme song as well as the national anthem, etc... That was brilliant! It's really like hockey back home, everyone will watch the game tomorrow night even if they aren't fans, to support the country. Time will stand still.
On the way to school today I really got dumped on, literally. A huge bird called the hadeda ibis released a prisoner all over my head and back. Quite disgusting actually but a story that needs to be told nonetheless. Luckily I had a tissue and I could take off my sweater.
We're heading to a kite festival this weekend at the beach. Forecast is for 30C tomorrow with a light breeze. Should be nice.
Henry had his first park cricket this afternoon. Had a great time, learning new skills all the time, and Henry enjoyed himself too. I think he hit a couple of 4s and a 6!

The Springboks are in the final. They beat the Puma from Argentina on Sunday night convincingly to meet up with England this Saturday. You may remember that we met the Brits in the round robin and throttled them 36-0. At any rate, we are favoured but that means little in a winner takes all final. We'll be wearing our green and gold to support our home team. I think we've been invited for a braai so we'll have prepared ourselves in the true South African style.
Harry, Carla and I went down to Muizenburg yesterday morning to hit the beach. It was a gorgeous day, about 28 degrees and the waves were coming in. We could see three different pods of whales at certain points with one group doing all sorts of aerial acrobats. About four of them were jumping around. Maybe it was a daycare. We'll definitely have to up the beach time in the coming month. It's always an adventure as we find different things on the beach in terms of sealife. A seal was jumping in the waves not ten feet from shore in front of us. We don't get that in Manitoba very often. We feel very priveleged.

What a picturesque little village we visited on Saturday. Reebeck Casteel about 50 minutes north of Cape Town is known for its' Olive Festival and its' wine. We went to visit Alison and her daughter for a braai. Her garden was wonderful and the town looked like it could've been in the Alps somewhere. The kids had a great time playing in the trees, seeing the neighbour's monkeys and the new puppies down the street. It was a complete contrast from Cape Town. Here the kids could play on the streets without a second thought, there are no walls guarding the houses. It was a nice break from all the noise from the city as well.

We also enjoyed a visit from a friend Carla made on her trip to Kenya last month. We met her for supper at Spur. She is originally from Rwanda. That means now we've officially met people from about a dozen different African countries while we've been here, as well as a few from US, India, Sri Lanka, etc...
The pictures are various from the time mom and dad were here.
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