Hello Cape Town!

We arrived this morning in Cape Town after another easy flight with Mia. We flew on a local carrier - Kalulu - and I have to say, this is the most impressive airline I've been on. We arrived 25 minutes early and our luggage was on the belt before we even got there.

We visited the Mother City in 2007 but didn't have much time to walk around the city, so we spent lots of time doing that today. It was so fun, and it was great to see Cape Town in detail. We visited Green Market Square and the beautiful downtown gardens. The city is full of fashionable shops and fashionable people. It's a place for the weird and wonderful and young. And of course we couldn't pass up a chance for seafood on the Water Front.

It was the first time for Mia to meet Jade, and it was love at first sight. Mia only spent a few minutes warming up before Auntie Jade won her over. It was so awesome that they finally met. Oma Jill is here in Cape Town, and she was happy to see Mia after a long, long, long two week separation. It's a battle to see who will cuddle Mia more - her grandmother or auntie. The two of them bought her an outfit to keep her warm during the winter here. It's a little grey bear suit thing, like the outfit Max wears in "Where the Wild Things Are" except grey. It might be the funniest thing ever. What's cuter than a cute baby? A cute baby that looks like a koala.

Mia also had the chance to meet Jill's parents, Ma and Pa. Pa is about to turn 90 and Ma is in her late 80s. It was really special for them to meet Mia. Until Ma called her a twit. Mia wasn't warming up so quickly and Ma didn't care for that at all. (These are the same grandparents who called me chubby when we met in 2007. haha Great.) Jill tried to convince me twit was a term of endearment, but I don't buy it as a difference in cultural interpretation. But I guess when you're that age you can say whatever you want.