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South Africa in 2 Weeks week 1 part 1

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(Capetown waterfront art store display) The old gang of six, my sister Marjo, my brother-in-law Herman, and our friends from Sandee's real estate working life, Gary and Linda, who all did the Kenya Safari in 2012 met in Schiphol airport at the Citizen M hotel the night before check-in to Capetown in early November. Gary needed to have his Loetje's beefsteak (you will simply have to believe that this are the best steaks ever), so a side trip to Amsterdam Centraal satisfied his cravings.   (Table Mountain Funicular) Lions Head, neighbor of Table Mountain) I will not bore you with the hop-on hop-off bus story the first day in Capetown as we will extensively write about the mother city in the week 2 edition of this palaver. (Scenes of Mzansi Restaurant, noisy students and loud African drums) However our first night dinner event in town is worth a mention. In the oldest black neighborhood in town called Langa, I found on Tripadvisor months before a highly favored restaurant by the