Thursday-Friday, 12-13 February 2009
I have never been on an airplane for 18 hours before. And that was after the 6 hour flight from Portland to New York. So after more than 24 hours in airplanes and airports, we were in Cape Town, South Africa! As we approached Cape Town, the pilot announced that since it was the one-year anniversary of Delta's flying in to Cape Town, the control tower had given us permission to circle the city on a bright, clear day. And we were on the right side of the plane to see the beautiful city surrounding Table Mountain, which is right in the middle of town. We learned it really was a special landing approach from people around us who flew in to Cape Town somewhat regularly and said that had never happened before (and may not happen again).
We were met at the airport by Glenn, who owns a shuttle service, and who drove us in his Mercedes to St James on False Bay, where we stayed the night in the guesthouse of Seamus & Carol. (Glenn at one time was the South African Ambassador to Italy. We got winery recommendations from him.) Seamus has been to our house on a visit to the states, and has worked with Tim through Highline. He cooked us dinner in his Potjie, a traditional South African pot for cooking over an open or charcoal fire. It was wonderful! (BTW, that's pronounced "poi-khie").
After several glasses of very good South African wine, we retired to the guesthouse, a 19th (I think) century house, one of the first in St James.
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