Blethering on about nothing (usually): South Africa Update: "Just when you thought it was safe ..."

That's right, there was no update yesterday as all I got was "Dad shopping, Susan golfing." No, wait, I have that backwards.

My reply was to go back to sleep.

But today is a different story. Dad and Susan flew from Durban to Cape Town to meet up with long-time friend John Waters and his wife Janis. Hard to believe Dad missed the Rangers/Celtic match this morning — oops, I was supposed to text the score! Anyone know what happened?

Just kidding. Of course I let him know. Didn't miss much I told him, though it was described as "the game of the century" and "one of the best I'd ever witnessed" by the commentators. That made him happy I'm sure. Way to go Rangers!

So on this, the most stressful part of their trip, they will stay in Muizenberg for three days, just 30 minutes southeast of Cape Town. I checked on the web to see what it might be like and here's what I found: Muizenberg. You'll see in the photos there's a row of very bright, colorful huts. John and Janis own one, but I'm thinking it's not where they'll be staying. This area is a Great White Shark breeding ground! They have round the clock watch from Table Mountain and those 'spotters' sound a signal if any are seen. I hope they have subs when they need to use the loo!

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It'll be rough, but I'm sure they'll manage. I feel for them. No, really.

Oh, and take a look at this map ... go straight north and slightly east of the red marker, which is where they are today (toward the top, large type). Now that's a town I would want a t-shirt from! :0)

More to come as they continue to move and text me.