Gluttony – 12/30/12

A Cape Town sunset behind Lion's Head

South African McDonalds condiment policy

BEN - We woke up searching for a good breakfast, so we walked the length of Long Street until we found a busy place that was serving food (the whole town seemed to still be hung over from the Saturday night).  We found a bustling little café called Lola’s which had a diverse, somewhat fancy breakfast menu.  I feasted on some solid Eggs Benedict and a fruity milkshake; just what I needed.  We decided to walk a bit further down Long and go to Green Market Square, a giant maze of markets full of trinkets and African crafts, also the prime spot to work on your haggling skills.  Gabby went a bit nutso, buying a bunch of gifts, not to be mentioned here in case their recipients are reading.  I didn’t really see anything of interest until just as we were leaving.  I found a wood carving of Africa with each country labeled in dark wood.  I’ve discovered that I really enjoy maps (especially ones rendered in unique ways), and this one was cool.  I was able to bargain down from R180 (about $22) to R125 (about $15); not bad.  After our shopping excursion, we decided to be lazy and head back to our backpackers.  We haven’t really had any actual off days from the backpackers and both yearned to just chill for a bit.  To really emphasize our American laziness, we decided to stop at a nearby McDonald’s, and get burgers to go.  We very happily and proudly (but also a bit guiltily) sat in our room, scarfed down our Big Macs, and watched some more Homeland.   It was a wonderful, relaxing day and reminded us of a lazy day at home.  We were stuffed, and didn’t even end up eating dinner, just holing up in our tiny room, watching movies, and sleeping.