In the morning we walked to AT&T Travel Agency to meet with Evelyn, Tommie's travel agent. She was able to set us up with a good flight to Cape Town on Sunday morning, flying through Johannesburg, and arriving in the early afternoon. This was better than any of the flights we found because it allowed us to enjoy the city a bit when we arrive. All the flights we looked at landed late in the evening.
After doing more work in the Internet cafe, our second home in Gaborone, we were picked up by Bobby to do some souvenir shopping. He took us to a place called Botswana Craft, where we hoped to find a lot of small gifts for our friends back home. Bobby dropped us off and told us to call when we were ready to be picked up. It was a good thing he dropped us off because once we got inside and saw how large the store was, we knew we could be there awhile.
We decided to eat in there restaurant first, and then shop on full stomachs. Dena had lasagna and Doug had a toasted chicken salad sandwich. While we ate, we tried to brainstorm to figure out what types of items we wanted to buy and for whom. We went back into the different rooms of the store and proceeded to fill up our shopping baskets with all sorts of goodies. We can't say what we bought because we want it to be a surprise for our friends back home. In total, we spent over 2000 pula--you do the conversion--and filled 5 plastic shopping bags. We went a little crazy, but everything we bought was great.
Bobby picked us up and took us to the apartment so we could unload. Then we went back to the Internet Cafe, of course, to work on the blog and send emails. Doug was hoping to hear some news about his grandmother, but nobody had sent anything. After doing a little work, we headed back to the apartment to get ready for dinner.
Max Mophuting, the GSS headmaster, took us out to dinner at a nice Portuguese restaurant called Caravelo's. Dena had a steak with mushroom sauce, and Doug had steak kebab. The kebab came with the skewer hanging vertically from a rack that was attached to the plate. None of us had seen a kebab presented this way, and we had to take a picture. All of the food was very delicious.
We spent the evening talking with Max about wild animals (his favorite subject), the Malaria Campaign, and how impressed we have been by the GSS students. At the end, we thanked him for everything he has done for us, and we gave him a Burbank Coffee Cup as a gift from the city.
Max took us home after dinner, and we attempted to organize all of our souvenirs from the whole trip. We have a lot of stuff, and we're praying it will all fit into our suitcases. We'll find a way.
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