First days

We are having a lovely time. We have done quite a lot in the 3 days we have been in Cape Town.

Wedensday was the first day. We arrived in the morning and we met by all the crew here - Minna, Heikki, Matias and India. We drove straight from the airport to look at the new house which they have bought in the suburbs, just down the road from where they rented a place when we visited in February, in Hout Bay. It is a lovely house but the plan is to pretty much re-model the house to improve it's features and create more space. It will be great when it is finished. We can all move in any time but the furniture from England is available on the 14th of this month so we will wait until then.

In the evening there was an open evening at Matias' and Milja's school. We went and talked to Matias' teacher and got uniform for Milja. It is a bit wierd for her to be in uniform again after 2 years in Finland where there is no uniform at all. At least it saves a few hours minutes in the morning as Milja doesn't need to decide what to wear.... After visiting the school, we went straight to the biggest shopping centre around, Canal Walk, where we picked up some alternatives for Milja's uniform.

On Thursday I went with Heikki to his and Minna's work where I sat and worked on the internet finishing a website for a client. Milja and Matias went to their first day of school while Minna stayed at home with India who was ill. I have fallen in love with eating pies since coming here, there is such a range of delicios flavours in every food shop you go in. And all food is so cheap here. I had a "Combo Meal" at a pie shop for lunch - a Pepper Steak pie with chips and a coke for 17.95 Rand, which I think is around £1.60. Sandwiches in England are normally over £2 on their own... After picking up M and M from school in the afternoon we all went to the nearby 'mall', Blue Route Mall, which is a really nice place. The first shop we went into was a very very cheap clothes shop. I manged to find a lot of clothes to buy, but walked out of the shop with (just) a pair of shorts, a cap and a jacket. All for 220 Rand. Another bargain :)

On the way home we went to a wonderful restaurant, Pedlars On The Bend, which had a lovely big fire - Milja was happy. It's quite cold here although it's only 15 degrees. The food was amazing and was, again, very cheap. I think the cheapness of food is my favourite thing about South Africa so far :)

Yesterday (Friday), M and M were dropped off at school and the rest of us went to the new house until early afternoon. Minna and Heikki had some things to sort out and had meetings with the thatcher and security people. I played with India and we watched Moomins on Minna's computer.

When the school guys came home, Milja did some homework and we stayed in and watched DVDs in bed. Milja bought me Green Wing Series 1 on DVD for my birthday last Monday and we are enjoying it very much, although there are only 9 40-minute episodes and we are nearly half-way through them already :(

We are both enjoying ourselves here so far. I think we are both looking forward to the warmer weather which will apparently arrive in a month or so. In the mean time, we will get on with school (well, Milja will anyway) and I will try and keep myself busy reading or something...

Dan | 10:52
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