Hello from South Africa!!
After traveling to Israel from Sofia and a 9hr plane ride in Business Class, we arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Osbalos, the first South African immigration officer to greet us, enthusiastically noted, with a deep booming voice, "Benjamin... this is one of the 12 tribes of Jesus!" Welcome to South Africa!
We were excited to see what came next. We rushed to the exit and standing there was Paul, shuttle driver/ general manager of the Garden Top Hotel. Paul had a wonderful sign that read "WELCOME NADINE & BEN"
We walked to the parking lot to Paul's car and Nadine goes straight to the right hand side of the car to get in.
"WRONG SIDE!"- we all laughed and made our way to the Grand Top hotel.
Upon arriving to the hotel Peggy was waiting for us with a bright smile and room keys, she showed us to our spacious rooms and explained to us how it might be unsafe for us to walk about the area on our own. We decided to listen to Peggy and took a ride from Paul to the nearest mall to eat some Popeyes Chicken.
After a full mall circle Paul was naturally waiting for us were he dropped us off. We suspect he never left. We gave Paul 250ZAR for the drive from the airport and to and from the mall, this is about $24.
It was a short day, ending back at the Grand Top Hotel.
Say tuned for tomorrow a tour of Soweto, the ghetto of Joburg, and more!
Nadine and Ben
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