A day of eating and not

All we did today was eat. Seriously. Eating. All day.

This morning Jade took us to Old Biscuit Mill, which is quite possibly the greatest food spot on the entire planet. Every Saturday morning this fantastic food market opens in Cape Town. It was everything - Chinese, Greek, French, Italian, South African, American, Arabic. It was incredible. There was wine, beer, pastries and fresh fish, herbs and flowers. The place was packed full of hippies and hipsters. It was absolutely fantastic. We shared our food - a French pizza (super thin and super delicious), a Greek gyro, a chicken sandwich and the best apple pastry ever. And then of course we had to shop a bit. We mostly bought things for Mia but also got a couple things for ourselves. It was the best way to spend a Saturday morning/afternoon ever.

Afterward we went and picked up Leigh's brother, Jason, and drove to the big Jacobs braai. And what else would you do at a braai (a South African cookout) but eat. We started with dessert, which I didn't argue about. Then I learned that we had dessert first so we could clear some of the food off the huge table to make room for even more food. So then we had dinner, followed by dessert. Yes. That's my kind of dinner.

Mia got a chance to meet lots of her extended family. Mia took to Alfie's mother, Mama. She also got to meet some of Alfie's siblings - Brenda, Shirley, Roy, Desmond and Angela - and all of their families. It was, in a word, loud. It was like a Coppernoll get-together but larger and therefore louder.

Mia wasn't feeling the best so it took time for her to warm up to everybody. She didn't even really take to Jason right away. She has been throwing up nearly everything she's taken in, even water. She kept a bit down this evening, so we're hoping this is the upswing.