24.12.07
Alfred?
Cape Town – 9/12/07
Sunday morning so a lazy start. Ruth had gone to church for a 25th wedding anniversary of her brother and sister in law. Originally K was going to go to but backed out the previous evening.
Ruth returned later wearing a sari. Very impressed.
We drove into CT and to the waterfront. Me and K would explore and Ruth was off to the family celebrations again. This would be Matthew’s start of playing with his cousins. He was looking forward to it.
For some bizarre reason the waterfront is known as the V&A. It seems though that the South Africans have had a collection brain spasm and none of them seem to recognise that Victoria married a bloke called Albert. Everything V&A in SA is “Victoria and Alfred”. I never found out quite why there’s this collective amnesia.
Wandering a bit we found some shops and bars and cafes and an aquarium. But to be honest, not the most remarkable place at all. Ooh yes we had these weird spiral crisps thing each. Probably the only large city where you can see Table Mountain (really not like a table) from the city centre though. After the wandering we were to phone Ruth who would come and pick us up. She told us 5. Waiting at 5 the weather turned very cold. Really very cold. And Ruth showed up 25 mins late. Blimey it was a tough time. From cooking gently to freezing.
We headed off to the party to pick up Matthew and ended up staying there for a while, getting fed and looked after by the extended family. Very nice family and all happy to chat except the rare one who was a little uncertain re their english.
On the way home me and Matthew were playing in the car; we even got told off by Ruth. So we pulled faces at her from the back and giggled hysterically. Was great fun.
There was a slight downer to the day though. We’d had one job in town and that was to get tickets to Robben Island later in the week. Sadly the next available trips were going to be in January. No prison visit for us then. Pffft.
The plan for tomorrow is a trek up Table Mountain which should be a giggle. Now my feet are working again at any rate.