Traveling to Johannesburg

We had a long but great trip to Zambia, though a 16 hour flight is the longest one I've ever been on! I think I saw 4 - 5 full length movies....more than I usually see in a year! For those that travel these days, you know that getting a meal on a plane is unheard of anymore.....we had 2 hot meals AND a snack!

We arrived in Johannesburg and had a short drive to Pretoria and stayed at what would be comparable to a bed and breakfast in the states. JP was happy as they had 3 Jack Russell Terriers. Yes, one slept in our room :-). We were lucky enough to get a tour of Pretoria from a friend of Kevin's. It has a very large University, we saw the capital etc. and then went to dinner at a local restaurant.

While the city is all very modern, just about everything is surrounded by walls, often with broken glass in the top of th concrete and barbed wire due to the level of crime. This surprised me as all the locals we met from the plane to the hotel we so incredibly warm and friendly and helpful.

We went to bed gratefully, but the boys (Zach and JP) woke up at about 3 a.m. and never got back to sleep.....I slept like a rock!