Day 21 –Johannesburg

Being back in the civilized world again, Reese wanted to go to Sandton City mall to watch the new Harry Potter movie. Of course, Susan wanted to shop for a new piece of luggage to carry all of her newly bought curios back to the States on the morrow, so off we went.

The mall was much larger than it used to be and was connected with other shopping malls in nearby buildings, so there was much to see. Our first stop was at a bookstore as we had all rediscovered our love of reading and needed more fuel for our reading fire. I bought another Wilbur Smith book and Reese bought some sequels or prequels to Twilight. I also picked up a motorcycle magazine as I am addicted to those, and Susan finally found her new piece of luggage.

The movie came afterwards and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. Whereas many movies are delayed in their release abroad, Harry Potter was released on the same day as in the States, so it was still relatively new. We had popcorn and soda fountain drinks just like at home (most of our sodas here are canned rather than from a soda fountain, and I hate canned Coke!). It was a pleasant way to spend the day.

In the evening we went to an Italian restaurant we used to frequent, Tivoli. It was fun and the food was every bit as good as we remembered it. How many restaurants have you been to that are still there 30 years later? It was a perfect ending to a lovely day.