Cape Town

We arrived in Cape Town, South Africa on Monday evening. Cape Town is a beautiful city, much nicer and safer than Jo-Burg. There was a lot of World Cup excitment in Cape Town especially at the wharf. It was a party there 24/7. Definitely the coolest world cup crowd we have encountered on our trip. You couldn't look 5 feet without seeing a soccer jersey. Tuesday morning we drove down the coast to first see the penguins at penguin beach and then to head to the Cape of Good Hope which is the southern most part of South Africa. It was terrible weather so we couldn't see much but that didn't stop us from taking the hike to the light house at the top of the mountain. It was worth it though...very pretty with the cliffs and a rainbow shining on them as a result of all the rain. We ate at a resturant there called Two Oceans which has a view of both the Atlantic and Indian oceans...but since the weather was bad we couldn't see much. That evening we headed back to Cape Town to see Portugal vs Spain in a round of 16 match. It was a great game!! The stadium was absulutly breath taking. I'm glad USA didn't have to play Spain...they are looking really good. Spain, Brazil, and Argentina are all playing great soccer and I believe one of them will win, probably Brazil.
Wednesday morning we took the gondola up the mountain to Table Top Mountain. Pictures do not do this place justice at all. It is so beautiful there. It was another bad weather day so we could only see off of the opposite side of the mountain from Cape Town but it was still very cool. After that we drove to the tip of Lions Head which has a great view of both Table Top and Cape Town. The rest of that day we hung out at the wharf where all of the action was and had a nice dinner on the peir.
Thursday morning we went out to Robben Island to see nelson Mendela's cell and the prison. It was cool but the boat ride was so slow and the waves were very high. I felt pretty see sick after the 45 minutes there and back. After that we had lunch and headed back to the airport to come back to Jo-burg.
Today is Friday and we went to the Apartheid Museum. It was very educational but very unorganized and way too long. We were there three hours reading the whole time and we only got through about half of it. Right now I am watching Brazil beating Netherlands 1-0 and in about an hour and a half we are headed to Soweto to see Uruguay vs Ghana play in Soccer City Stadium which holds 92,000 people. I wish it was USA playing though.... :(