This weekend unofficially began on Thursday with a visit to the Springboks Pub in nearby Newlands… none of the Springboks team was sighted there, but there were tons of local youth with euro-mullets and all. Classic South Africa. Then, after class on Friday, my roommates and I joined a couple other pals with another visit to Newlands for a rugby match! Once again Western Province won easily, this time over the Barloworld Toyota Pumas, from the Johannesburg/Pretoria area. This game was especially fun because we scored a lot of trys and it was a night game… yes, it was the South African version of Friday Night Lights.
On Saturday just about everyone I know here was at the Old Biscuit Mill Market, or OBM if you’re really cool. It takes place every Saturday morning about halfway between where I live in Rosebank and Downtown Cape Town. Essentially, it is the best thing in the world. There is live music, fresh produce, fresh baked goods, homemade sauces, craft beers, local crafts, fresh fish, smoothies, waffles, paella, ostrich burgers, bagels, ect. It’s really crowded, but every booth has free samples and relatively inexpensive goods. I had a super-dank caramel waffle and hot cider plus I also bought a dozen bagels and some Thai Pesto Sauce. Afterward we took a cab downtown to the Green Street Market where there are a bunch of touristy crafts and souvenirs, along with a bunch of really annoying salespeople who ruined the whole place for me.
Those of us fed up with feeling forced to buy useless junk walked through downtown to the waterfront where a homeless woman attacked me and we has several ultra-extreme road crossings. In the end, we got a beer and fish and chips at the Waterfront Brewery. Our meal was complemented by a soon-to-be married man, dressed in a tutu, fishnet-leggings, and shredded wife-beater, asking for wedding money while his pals laughed from afar and drank beer. Nearby is the waterfront mall and home to the Canterbury Store where Springboks’ jerseys and clothes are sold. I did a little gift shopping for family… and myself.
Sunday brought another day at the beach and a couple more hours of improving my surfing… which I don’t think actually happened. Regardless, it was a good time and a fun way to spend the day before school started up again.
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