Updates and info from on the ground during our 11 week and 5 week Experiences in South Africa
This next blog update comes to you from Cape Town, where I have to say that all of us are having the time of our lives! The days so far have gone ridiculously quickly and seem to have merged into one giant blur of nights out and days on the beach! As a result of one too many jagerbombs I’m having trouble distinguishing one day from the next and so this blog is going to be purely dedicated to Goldfish and our day out at the cricket.
It would be the understatement of the century to say that I was a little bit excited about seeing Goldfish live in concert, having been hooked on them since first hearing their track on Pepper’s own DVD, and throughout the trip all my road trip tune suggestions have been met with cries of “for God’s sake Jules, not Goldfish AGAIN!”
So it was with great anticipation that we all headed to Stellenbosch on Friday evening and I have to say that every expectation I had was exceeded by about 100%! The atmosphere was absolutely electric, and once again, as a result of too many jagerbombs, I was firmly on the wagon but nevertheless was on the hugest natural high, and didn’t sit down once during the entire concert, and spent the last half hour in considerable pain with a completely full bladder but not allowing myself to leave in case I missed one song!
Goldfish were completely incredible, and so amazingly original and different to anything I’d seen in England, they even managed to convert Carrie, who had started the evening saying she didn’t much like the hectic atmosphere of live music, but left singing Goldfish’s praises almost as loudly as I was!
Everyone had the most amazing night, and I think I’d be right in saying that Goldfish gained at least 7 new fans (and maybe one stalker – so much so that I was considering abandoning my plans for Thailand to become a groupie!) It was, for me anyway; one of the best nights of the trip so far, and undoubtedly one of the best bands I’ve ever seen live.
From this point on the trip continued to go from strength to strength as we all headed to Newlands cricket ground on Sunday to watch the last day of Australia vs. South Africa.
Once again we were all swept up in the atmosphere, with South Africa firmly ahead, everyone was in a solidly jovial mood, and the ground was filled with people painted green and getting stuck into the beer at 11.30 in the morning, it doesn’t get much better!
The day was spent relaxing in the blazing sunshine, drinking beer, thoroughly enjoying Australia’s last brave attempt to make up the deficit with some seriously exciting cricket towards the end of the afternoon. We left at the end of the day once again on a massive high (helped along by a substantial quantity of Castle) after South Africa’s win and actually spotting ourselves TV once or twice throughout the match! I even managed to be in a good mood even after losing my bet with the Mule!
It would be extremely easy for me to go on for at least another four pages raving about Cape Town, but I’ll leave some creative space for everyone else, I just have to say that these days have been absolutely incredible, everything I had expected and more, and honestly could only be improved by seeing Johnny Clegg in concert, which I hear is quite unlikely!
Lots of love from SA
Jules xxxx
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