Today we went to the Rhodes Memorial and the Kirstenbosch Gardens. At the memorial, we found a four-fingered handprint, which Ethan and I tried to figure out.<\/p>\n
At the gardens, we walked around smelling, touching, and looking at the plants. Dad pointed out the Skeleton Gorge. At one point, Dad and Ethan saw a black mamba or a mole snake\u2014they\u2019re not sure which. After walking around for a while, we rested under a tree. Ethan played with a bug, Dad napped, and Mom did Sudoku on her phone. We eventually moved on, and the two people who had been watching us immediately moved in.<\/p>\n
We walked down a path for a little bit and stopped by a bench. \u201cI\u2019m tired already,\u201d Dad said. He and Ethan finally got up though, and Dad randomly hugged me. \u201cCool!\u201d Ethan exclaimed. \u201cCan I hug Eryn too?\u201d I gave him a death glare, and Mom burst out laughing.<\/p>\n
We would\u2019ve had ice cream at the tea room, but Dad has personal issues with places that don\u2019t let you bring computers in. So we drove back home and walked down the street to Gelato\u2019s at Newport. Then we returned to clean off the fast-melting chocolate ice cream. Ethan and I did schoolwork before we headed out to dinner at Newport, the restaurant right next to Gelato\u2019s. Dad had pasta, Mom and Ethan had salads, and I had the sweet and sour chicken with rice. The stuff in Thailand was better.<\/p>\n
Now Dad\u2019s eating the Turkish Delight Tim-Tams (Mom and I hate Turkish Delight), Mom\u2019s once again doing Sudoku, Ethan\u2019s reading Artemis Fowl: Lost Colony<\/em>, and I\u2019m writing and anxiously waiting for our renters to Skype us.<\/p>\n Ciao!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today we went to the Rhodes Memorial and the Kirstenbosch Gardens. At the memorial, we found a four-fingered handprint, which Ethan and I tried to figure out. At the gardens, we walked around smelling, touching, and looking at the plants. … Continue reading