Hello everyone! This is my last blog post that will be written in Africa…which is very sad because Africa rocks and was a very fun experience for me. After my family and I went on our spectacular safari in Kruger Park, we came back to Cape Town to finish off our remaining time in Africa. As before, we went back to the penguin sanctuary and the Cape of Good Hope, but this time with our cousin Imri. At the penguin sanctuary, we found another colony of Marvins(or rock dassies) and the penguins were very cute like before. They waddle around in a very funny way and they look like they’re wearing suits, which makes them even more ridiculous. Although we already saw them before, the penguins looked just as cute as ever. Afterward, we drove to the Cape of Good Hope again and we climbed up to the top of the mountain. We went down to the beach at the bottom of the cape and although the walk was very long, it was worth it because we got to play on the beach and we were the only ones there again. It was very fun for all of us, but later we went to a steak restaurant called Nelson’s Eye that had very good steaks. Ella and Imri had a steak competition because they both like to eat steak but no one came out victorious. The next day, Imri sadly left us. But that was ok because we’re going to see him in Israel very soon!
They day Imri left, my family and I went to dinner with a very nice couple called Franchesca and Gareth, who wanted to show us their daughters’ high school in Cape Town. They were very nice and I tried ostrich for the very first time. It was actually very delicious and I would have it again. The next day, we went to the American high school there and it actually looked pretty good. We met Franchesca and Gareth’s daughters, Lucia and Mia, who were very nice and we had dinner at their house. They had a very cute dog called Luigi who was 5 years old and another dog called Lilly who was 11 years old. Luigi was constantly striving for attention and kept rolling on his stomach for us to see and he kept on licking us. The girls told us how life was like in Cape Town from a teenage perspective. Although the high school was very good for them, they prefer colleges outside of Cape Town. The whole family was very nice and we had a good time there.
The next day, we went to a township in South Africa. While we were there, we met a guide and we biked in the township. We saw how people lived there and it was a great moment to reflect on how I live and how others live. We even visited a traditional township healer who let us take pictures with him. We visited a craft center and saw very cool stuff like pottery being made. After a long day of cycling, we went to a restaurant called “Mzanzi”, which means “south”, and although we were the only ones there, the food was fascinating. The restaurant was run by a very nice woman who wants to be called mama and she had a very inspiring story of how she made her business. After we left the township, we finally went to dinner with our frequent Uber driver, Anton, and his wife, Tria. We had a very good conversation and we talked for a long while. It was sad when we left them and that was the end of that day. Cape Town was a very fun experience for me overall, but the biggest news was…I finished writing my story for my Bar Mitzvah!! I have it in a week and we will post a chapter every week!
