Edyn's African Adventure

As different as the environment can be with the presence of the township shacks...which exist in Johannesburg as well as Cape Town by the way, you just can't see them from the road, things are surprisingly similar as well. I told people when I was home at Christmas that being here is very similar in feeling to being in Miami or California. The weather is like that...sunny and warm year round (it's summer here now so it's especially hot) and it is a bustling city. In Johannesburg we have several very nice malls, including Sandton City which is a pretty upscale, nice mall. There is even a McDonald's in it. Speaking of fast food, there is no Tim Horton's here, but there are McDonald's and KFC just like at home. In fact the food tastes about the same...it is true that the Mickey D's experience is the same all over the world. There is also a mall in Cape Town called Canal Walk. It's really really nice as well. I noticed a couple of things that reminded me of home.

Here are a couple:

Well, turns out South Africa is more like Canada than Canada...Bata, that great old Canadian company disappeared from Canadian malls some time ago, but they aren't dead!

And the one on the right is a bit difficult to read. It says: American Corndogs...made with Quality. Now people who know me know I love Corndogs. i didn't have one of these but will at some point. I can't get Caesar Salad or rootbeer, but I can get a corn dog!