Cape town is awesome!

Hello hello!
Well, today was a Great day. Sam insists that I begin by telling you how much I embarrassed myself (and him) at breakfast in our hotel by swinging the iPad across the table and hitting a plate so as to literally fling the plate across the floor, shattering it into many pieces. I think all 80 people in the room were staring at me, and I had about 4 waiters trying to clean it up. We had a good laugh and got over it, but Sam and I agreed that you really can't take me anywhere. My mom is rolling her eyes right now, Im sure!

After breakfast we went Down to the waterfront to do "safari errands." I had made a comprehensive shopping list, though Sam questioned why we needed to go to the flip flop store and why necklaces were on the must have for a safari. Anyway, we got our shopping done and ate sandwiches by the harbor, watching all the funny tourist boats go by.

After enjoying lunch by the water we went back to the hotel To change and then on to the base of table mountain for a hike. Table mountain is a wide, steep mountain with a very flat top that stands right over the city of Cape Town. When looking at it, it's hard to magian where one could hike up to the top without having to climb up a totally vertical face but sure enough, there was a trail. A friend of mine had compared the hike to the "stair master from hell" and half way up Caitlin declared she agreed with the statement. It was a nice hike, not more than a couple hours but steep the whole way. There is a cafe on the top, where we got a beer and wine then took a tram down the front of the mountain, this gave us an amazing view of the city as well as the coast extending north and south. This is a beautiful city.

When we got back we were ready for dinner, so we got ready and walked to a place called the Africa Cafe, which was suggested in Cait's guidebook. we had so much fun here. It was basically a 12 course meal, but served family style. Each dish was from a different part of Africa. Everything was delicious but we especially liked the chicken drumsticks and sprout salad... Yum! One thing we've realized is that south Africans LOVE their avocado (nicknamed avo) and if you didn't know, this is caitlins favorite food. Partway through the dinner someone asked Caitlin if she wanted her face painted, and of course she said yes. They psintedndots and lines all around her eyes and she laughed the whole time, naturally messing up the artwork. We got some great photos, and caitlin got a lot of stares. Fun night all around!

Tomorrow we are on to kruger national park, where we will stay at the Djuma Vuyatela, in sabi sands game reserve. We can't wait!

Lots and lots of love

Caitlin and Sam