Interesting meats

One thing I forgot to mention when I was posting about my first trip to Cape Town was the interesting meats I tried. One night I had what I like to call the Southern Africa Atkins special: ostrich, warthog, kudu, and springbok, plus an antelope sausage. It was all on one long skewer and was basted with quince jelly sauce. It was absolutely wonderful! I probably could have finished all of the meat if I had ignored the rice that came with it. The restaurant was called the City Grill. It was right on the water at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront. I had seen crocodile on the menu when I was there the first time, so I went back there again before I left. Unlike the African Atkins special, I wouldn't recommend the crocodile. Maybe it was the sauce they used (cream and black pepper). All I could taste was black pepper. It didn't taste bad, but it was boring.

Back to Stellenbosch

I went back to Stellenbosch, South Africa on August 21. I spent the week working with a contractor down there on the new IPT Register (this one is a .NET version). The goal was for me to bring back a prototype that I could work on. We accomplished the goal.
It was cold and wet the entire time I was in Stellenbosch! The heater in my room certainly got a workout. I got to the hotel (Lanzerac Manor) at 6:30 Sunday night. I didn't feel like driving around to find someplace to eat, so I ate at their restaurant. It was pretty good, actually.
Even though I left the office at 2:30 on Friday (but didn't stop for lunch), I still worked 8 hours of overtime that week. After I left the contractor's office on Friday, I went to a cellar tour and wine tasting at the hotel. I ended up buying two bottles of late harvest wine. One thing I like about being in southern Africa is the price of wine. You can get a decent bottle for much less than in the US. I've bought bottles of wine that I like for US $5-10!
The bad part about the trip was that within a week of getting back to Gaborone, I was sick.