Day 74 - Today was the last full day of sabbatical (that wasn’t a travel day). We slept in this morning before eating our hotel breakfast of omelettes, pancakes, and fruit. We met our driver for the day, Nathi, who took us 90 minutes away to Maruping which highlights the history of human evolution. There was one other individual on our tour, a woman named Emma, who is a DJ from London. We spent the morning exploring the museum at Maruping which is found in the Cradle of Humanity. The museum focused on the scientific exploration of the origins of the human species. We learned about genetics, classification of organisms, and saw ancient fossils of species distantly related to the human race. There was also a hilarious boat ride in the basement of the museum that highlighted nothing in particular. We got spun around while water dripped from above. It was bizarre. Once we made our way through the museum, we grab some sandwiches for a small lunch before loading back into the van. Most of us fell asleep on the 90 minute drive back to hotel.
We spent the afternoon relaxing in our rooms. Mom spent some time by the hotel pool. Around 5:30pm, mom took the four of us to Trumps, a steakhouse on Nelson Mandela Square. We had a really delicious dinner and laughed a lot. This was the best steak I’ve had all summer. Alastair tried the springbok carpaccio. Ew. Quiet night other than that.
Day 75 - We’re going home today!! We slept in this morning and ate breakfast in the hotel restaurant. We moved all of our bags into one hotel room for which we had an extended check out. Mom and the four of us kids walked around the Sandton mall for a while to kill time. We got sushi for lunch at a restaurant named Big Mouth which was delicious. Mom and I walked around the mall for another hour before we finalized our packing and checked out of the hotel. Our airport transfer arrived at 4pm and getting through passport control went smoothly. We’re now seated at a restaurant in the airport waiting to board our 17 hour flight. Wish us luck!
Adelaide
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