A Lazy Sunday - 11/18/12

Lamby and me 

GABBY - We woke up around 7:15 in order to be at reception at 7:30.  The German couple was leaving today, so we needed to collect their cash money.  While they were eating their porridge, we dumped our knowledge of the Garden Route on them.  We went through the Coast to Coast book together and gave them the best tips and treasures that we discovered on our trip only a month ago.  I think it was a little too early in the morning for them to appreciate the gems we were providing them with, but Ben and I took a nice trip down memory lane.  Lulu called during our info sesh to alert us of the time she was leaving to go into town.  We hopped into the car around 9:00.  I spent the entire ride to Underberg in the back of Lulu’s truck learning Zulu from Thembi.  She speaks both Zulu and Xhosa, which happen to be way more similar than I expected.  Lulu dropped Ben and me off at one of the two internet cafes in Underberg called The Grind for about an hour.  It was especially nice to upload the blog and check in with friends and family.  We met up with Lulu and Thembi an hour later and learned about another one of Lulu’s side businesses.  She sells one or two wash packets of shampoo, conditioner, hair cream and Vaseline.  She was talking to a man named Alex about selling the packets in his local craft shop.  While Lulu and Thembi sold products to some local women, Ben and I took a look inside Alex’s store.  We learned that he was originally from Kenya and sold crafts mostly made in Lesotho and Kenya.  We knew it was time to go when we heard the honking of a horn coming from Lulu’s truck.  We drove to the local Spar (supermarket) and bought some of Ben and my essential foods.  We left with avocados, mushrooms, viennas (hot dogs), and chocolate (of course with Ben).  It was a really slow day and a Sunday, so Lulu told us to relax and chill.  Ben and I made a feast consisting of cheese dogs and guacamole with Doritos.  

There's a storm a-brewin'

We decided to watch “The Hurtlocker”, which was good the 2^nd time around for the both of us.  While we watched the movie, an extremely friendly Dutch couple came and wanted to go on a 2 hour horse ride.  We kicked ourselves in gear, called Eric and told him to rally some horses, made a pot of tea and sent along some biscuits.  A successful send-off!  We finished our evening eating pasta with mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach, garlic in a cream sauce and beginning the fourth season of “The Sons of Anarchy.”  The night reminded me of a casual date night in the states with Ben.