Today, Jackie and I went to Long Street. This is a street in the center of the city that is full of shops and restaurants. After stopping at a few clothing stores and buying nothing, she and I decided to get lunch. We stopped at an Italian restaurant called Di Capo. The food was delicious. I had a type of fried chicken with potato wedges. They were really thin and were full of grease, so I had to eat them with a fork. The chicken was perfect; it was so tender I did not need a knife to cut it. Jackie had a tequila, and she got tipsy after one glass. At least that’s all she had.
We kept walking up the street, looking for a bookstore that I had seen. It had a couple of books on South Africa that I wanted to get, but I must have confused which street it was on, because it wasn’t there. It wasn’t too upsetting though.
After, we went up the hill into Bo Kaap. This is a Muslim area of the city. The homes and buildings there are painted in fun, bright colors. We saw purples, blues, oranges, and other colors. The two of us went into a store called Monkey Bizness, and it was so cute. The walls were brightly painted, and they sold different things made with lots of beads. The artist had taken all different colors and made different sizes of elephants, lions, people, and lots of other things. After this we went back to the waterfront where we saw one of the outside bands dressed and painted like old Africans. The music was so fun and catchy; I wish I had gotten a cd. At least I have video. I am very sad to be leaving this city.
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