Speaking to some friends about the trip over dinner and am once again reminded of how thankful I should be for safety and health throughout the trip.
Flew in to SA and landed in Joburg. The flight there was fantastic, there were so few people on the plane that all passengers in my section of the plane had 3 seats to themselves, I of course took the opportunity to stretch out after watching some movies. 10 hours later, it was strange arriving there and becoming the ethnic minority, we were so stared at (there were 2 main reasons why I think we were stared at. 1. OBVIOUSLY ASIAN in a completely non-Asian area 2. Bigass backpacks that screamed ‘hey look at us, we’re tourists!’ ). Fumbled around in the airport for a little while before finding our way and taking the spanking new train to meet Fern.
We sat around in the cold and watched people watching us and watched people walk past us until Fern’s car pulled up beside us. We got back after driving through bends and u-turns and rolling over the roundabout bumps. Walking around the neighbourhood, we became very aware of how seriously people take their private security. There were people walking around with mean looking batons and I think actual guns, not tasers. We had a coffeebreak in a cafe, which we soon realised belonged to a chain, very much like starbuck$ except that their muffins were GIGANORMOUS, and the meringues were STUPENDOUSLY FLUFFY! Went for lunch at a very pink and flowery bakery cafe which had great food before we were dropped off at a mall.
Boring does not even gloss the surface of how I longed to do something somewhere. The jetlag helped a little by making me tired. The mall, was… a mall. Nothing spectacular about it except for signs that said ‘WE CLOSE LATE ON WEEKENDS…. closing time has been extended to….* insert tribal drumroll here* 7pm’. =_=
Watched a play at the Market Theatre. Riveting, the acting was great with depth and intensity. The stage set-up was simple and plain but did very well in keeping the audience interested as the plot moved from chapter to chapter…. The play ended and we stepped outside only to be enveloped in a huge mist/fog that had settled upon the city. We scurried to the car and Fern drove through the fog and mist and it was a beautifully grey city scene……
Day 1 of SA saw us in the more opulent side of town. I flipped through countless books in order to while time again. Told myself Day 2 would need NEED to be more exciting. Although learning to eat blueberry muffins with cheddar cheese was fascinating 
Day 2 another day!
