Day 6: Slow Start, Slow Day
Slow start to Monday after the drama of the night before. We headed off to the District 6 Museum. This was the poor part of Cape Town where blacks and whites lived in cohesion during apartheid, and despite it being a downmarket area, it was a centre of creativity and music. The authorities forcibly removed the black families and bulldozed their homes, and moved them away from Cape Town. They were forced to carry passes, and were often jailed if unable to supply the right documents when challenged on the street. So the Museum records the feelings of families removed from their homes, as a strong reminder of something that should never return.
For lunch, I have a chicken bunny chow, a South African specialty where they hollow out a loaf of bread and serve a curry inside the bread. It's a fun way to eat, tearing the crust as you go.
In the evening, Italy play Paraguay. There are no extra tickets available to any of the Cape Town games, and so we decide this is a good one for Debbie to go to. She can't come all this way and not see a game, and I'm still getting over the night before. The fact that it is absolutely bucketing down with rain is not relevant to the decision that this should be her game. I stay at the hotel and watch the game from bed.
For lunch, I have a chicken bunny chow, a South African specialty where they hollow out a loaf of bread and serve a curry inside the bread. It's a fun way to eat, tearing the crust as you go.
In the evening, Italy play Paraguay. There are no extra tickets available to any of the Cape Town games, and so we decide this is a good one for Debbie to go to. She can't come all this way and not see a game, and I'm still getting over the night before. The fact that it is absolutely bucketing down with rain is not relevant to the decision that this should be her game. I stay at the hotel and watch the game from bed.
posted by Graham Hand | 1:22 PM
2 Comments:
Ours was a morose household until we went outside, saw the clear blue sky and the winter sun. You were right. Germany were really good and we were not at our best. Keep well and thanks for the blog -all the familly read it.
Hi Hans. Yes, when you see the conditions that some of these people live in, it puts your own problems in perspective. Most have had so little opportunity in life, they struggle to survive each day. And unlike most of Africa, the cape in winter is cold and often wet, so it will be a harsh few months for them.
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