After 32 hours in transit (including some truly excellent UK-themed reunions) I am finally in Cape Town! It is incredibly pretty, really interesting just to wander around in, and has more used book stores than any place I’ve ever seen! The weather today was really sunny and warm but it’s cooled down a lot since the sun’s gone in.
After a long, hot shower at the hostel, I met up with a friend from McGill who is just about to head home after almost a year working in Cape Town. It was a riot to see her again - we picked up take out from her favourite restaurant and then took it to the park to catch-up while we ate. We then met up with a friend of hers to do some souvenir shopping at the greensquare market (so they would both be prepared with adequate gifts when they arrived home). The market is a large square of stalls overflowing with a varied collection of mementos of SA. Wooden masks and beaded jewelry seem to be the staple items but there were also paintings, soap-stone carvings, scarfs and safari-themed knick-knacks. I was too tired to join her and her friends for dinner but rumour has it they have discovered the best burgers in all of South Africa. Now off to bed - there aren’t words to describe how excited I am to finally sleep lying-down.
More Soon xx
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