2009-09-27 – solving all the world's problems

As mentioned earlier, we bought crackers and cheese to have for “dinner.” While we were sitting on one of the sofas, chomping on our snacks and drinking (and writing notes for) our wine, there was an interesting conversation going on at the bar; it was a mother and daughter pair who were staying at the backpackers, who were also friends of Kevin and Lynda (the owners). So after we were done writing the wine notes, we grabbed our bottle and our plate of cheese and asked if we could join them. No problem! The mother is a teacher, so our first discussion revolved around the darn disrespectful schoolkids these days and how to improve the education system in general. Worldwide. Then suddenly, there was more wine. And then some port from Calitzdorp. And then some homemade Limoncello. And shots – Springboks and bubble gum something or other and brain hemorrhages. And more philosophy and great ideas mixed in between the glasses of wine and port and the shots. All this went on until around midnight, when everyone was too tired to continue. And yes, we were much better behaved and civilized than those darn youth who were there earlier ;-)