Africa I (email from Africa)

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to give you a heads up that we made it to Cape Town safe
and sound - flights went well despite a strike from Iberian's flight
attendants. We missed a connection in Joburg, but got on a flight an
hour later - no worries. The weather is great here, sunny with a
slight chill - reminds me of northern California. Very beautiful,
dramatic coastline, and the city seems very western and clean.

Anyway, not to much to report yet. I guess we have a full group (20
people) which can be both good and bad - we'll see tomorrow when we
make it. Madrid was fun for the one day we saw it, just wandered a bit,
took some jet lag naps in the park, and saw some cool plazas and a good
art exhibit on Picasso (Guernica and Goya's famous 1808 massacre
painting were there). Had a little Sangria, little bit of Tapas,
little bit of World Cup (Spain played last night).

That's it - all is safe and sound. Hopefully I'll check in soon in the
next few days but it's up the coastline tomorrow morning (we're 7 hours
ahead of Chicago).

Take care,

Rob