Cape Town Is.....

....Amazing! Beautiful, Gorgeous, Awesome. Totally cool. One of the best places I've ever visited. Insert more positive adjectives here. I never want to leave!

So when I arrived Sunday morning Steve met me at the airport and told me that he was having a Braii. Thinking that this was just weird Steve English I rolled with it, only to discover later that a Braii is a HUGE S. African tradition, it's basically a really low tech barbeque minus the tricked out grill, "kiss the cook apron," and any sort of sauce. Instead you have things like the "Braii Master" (King of the Braii and in charge of all the cooking) , the tongs master (or "Tongs a holler"), who is second only to the Braii master, and the random third guy who holds the flashlight to aid poking at the meat. The flashlight can be key because while the Braii may start at 4 pm, you don't actually eat till 10--well after dark. There are also other assorted men who will come up and hold their hands over the grill and make professional sounding comments on the heat of the coals, size of the flames, and other assorted manly S. African stuff. They adopted me as their mascot, but I quickly made a few mistakes--things like suggesting you wrap the meat in bacon (that produced concerned looks and firm shakes of the head), and wondering if you also were able to cook fish during a Braii. I was told that was crazy talk, because that would be a "fish fry" and you never NEVER mix meat and fish at the Braii. Anyway, it was SO MUCH fun and despite no sleep I managed to stay up with Steve and be the last woman standing.

But that was only the beginning!! Since then I have played ultimate frisbee in the pouring rain at night with some crazy S. Africans who I'm not entirely sure were speaking English:

S. African (with urgency): "Christie! Blah Blah Blah Frisbee!!"

Me: ".....?"

S. African: "BLAH BLAH FRISBEE"

Me: "Umm....Steve?"

Hiked up Lion's Head to see the sunrise (Laura-I'm hardcore!), swing danced at a dinner party, and gone horsebackriding on the beach!! Steve is showing me an amazing time (yay Steve!!), and I can't believe how much I've already done and seen. Though I'm starting to get worried because he keeps talking about how the "easy days are over" and things are "really going to pick up from here." I think that is part of his evil plan to keep me too tired to cause mischief! Steve's internet is also down at his house (which, fyi, is only one block from a BEAUTIFUL beach) so I'm writing this at SALT! I've been told to stay away from the telescope.

Anyway--it's all absolutely amazing. The food, the sights, and the people are all incredible, and I'm so glad that I came. Hopefully there will be another post before I leave!! More to come soon.....