A sea wind is blowing in across Cape Town tonight in this first month of their winter. Today was billed as cloudy by weather.com, which means there were two big clouds in the sky; both at the top of Table Mountain. We suspect the mountain provides some sort of updraft keeping the clouds in place. Unfortunately, that might mean visibility from the viewing point is the last thing to clear up and it's only scenic on the clearest of days.
I'm sitting on my hotel balcony with a Cuban, while The Blonde does laundry. The kitchen in this first hotel suite has washer and dryer, in a single drum, in one of the cupboards. I expected to make it a little longer without having to resort to clean clothes, but this is a wash of convenience.
Woke up this morning to about an hour of constant horn-blowing from the annoying Vuvuzelas, the single-note plastic horns that are super-popular here. These are probably the single most annoying thing ever invented and being in a stadium full of them is going to be horrible, but The Blonde brought Advil so we'll survive.
Dinner tonight was at a Portuguese restaraunt called Tasca. I had an amazing Chorizo-like sausage called Chorico, which was delivered on a dish set aflame. Many of the restaraunts on The Waterfront have outdoor propane flame or electric heaters, like a ski resort. I'm not sure if they do this every winter, or if this is to accomodate the crowds of foreigners who are here at this time of year for the World Cup. Sat next to a table of three U.S. American guys who are going to three of the same games we are and The Blonde chatted with them about whatever it is she talks to people about.
Today was a relaxing day while we wait for Soccer to start. We were too late to book a ferry trip over to Robben Island, The South African Alcatraz where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned. However, we did secure two tickets for it tomorrow. It is selling out quick.
Instead, we hit the Cape Town Aquarium, which is by far the most interesting aquarium I've ever been to. If The Blonde allows, I captured a neat video of her crawling into a circular aquarium of Clown fish (Nemos) and smacking her head on the tank. Evidently it was meant for kids, but she's an unstoppable terror.
Tomorrow is one more day of touristy nonsense before non-stop games start. Definitely Robben Island and maybe Table Mountain, as the forecast is Sunny. It's probably still going to be chilly, but they use some nonsense degree scale that is beyond American comprehension.
