The headline story in the Cape Times yesterday was the Comrades ultra-marathon, an 89-km running race from Pietermaritzburg to Durban. The race organizers stop providing official times to runners after 12 hours, and the last person to receive a time is usually a reluctant celebrity. The final finisher this year was an ex-drug addict from nearby Guguletu. True to form, he was a bit surprised by the attention he received.
Catherine appears to be learning more Afrikaans every day. She tries some words each day on us. Yesterday it was "These biscuits are baie lekker, huh?"
--Matt