Delta Cancelled Our Original Flight!
We arrived at O’Hare Airport in Chicago on Thursday, February 17 only to discover that the first leg of our trip to Capetown, South Africa had been cancelled. A few hours later we had a new itinerary that took us to Detroit, through Amsterdam and Johannesburg and on Capetown. We arrived 8 hours later than we had planned and ended up with a 4×4 Nissan pickup truck instead of a compact car, but it could have been worse (no car!).
Somehow, our flight from Amsterdam to Johannesburg had been upgraded to “business class” which we thoroughly enjoyed! The hardest part of the trip was spending Friday night in Johannesburg airport at a 24-hour Max & Beans coffee shop. But, we made it through, and after a good night of sleep on Saturday night, feel rested and ready to explore Capetown!
Our greatest joy was walking out from picking up our baggage in the Capetown airport and being greeted by our only daughter Kathryn, who has been in SA since October, 2010. It’s been great to be with her and have her take us to places she has explored, and to meet her friends.
View from our room at the Sir David Guesthouse
The weather has been incredible… sunny and in the 80′s with a nice breeze from the ocean. I can see and hear the ocean from where I am sitting in the Sir David Boutique Guesthouse. This is especially nice since we left freezing weather in Chicago with a couple feet of snow still on the ground from the blizzard of 2011.
I have so far been able to navigate the SA roads driving on the wrong side, with the steering wheel on the right side, and the clutch, brake and accelerator pedals arranged left to right like the US, but with the manual shifter being on my left, but the shift patterns like the US. It does get confusing at times, but somehow I’ve been able to allow my brain make the adjustments.
