Nelson Mandela Square

Slept late today; got up at 10:15 am. Andy and I took the Jeep to Sandton City Mall. Nelson Mandela Square is part of the mall and has an enormous statue of him. There was an amazing storm that we could see coming over the city, so we stopped and watched for a while.

By the time we drove back, the rain had washed thick mud onto the roads, so we took a short diversion that took us through neighborhoods with houses surrounded by high walls and electric fences that reminded me of Bahrain. There were men selling all kinds of stuff at the lights; when the traffic stopped they would storm onto the road and walk between the cars with suit carriers, electric razors, cell phones, toys, anything you could think of; no one bought anything of course.

We picked up our niece Jennifer from college and went to an Italian restaurant for dinner. Drank half a bottle of wine and came back to the house and watched the snow video that Andy shot from 2 days ago... what a difference. Leonie introduced us to Amarula, like Baileys but made with an African fruit from the marula tree - mmmmmmmm.....