In Johannesburg we spent three days and nights. These are the highlights:
We took the ultra modern and immaculate Gautrain from the airport to Sandton on Monday eve. Where Adrianne and Nathan picked us up. We had dinner with them at an African restaurant at Nelson Mandela Square.That is one of the nicest places around.
They had secured a place for us to stay at the Baptist International Missions guest house. It was quite a large campus. We had a bedroom and bath with a small shared kitchen which A & N stocked with some breakfast foods for us.
On Tuesday they picked us up at noon. We went out for lunch and then toured the Apartheid Museum. We also experienced city traffic.
Wednesday we had lunch with a young missionary family that was staying at the guest house. And had one last meal with the Penners. What a great young couple they are.
Don spent much time effort and also money scurrying around to purchase the train tickets. We couldn't do it online. We were supposed to print their form and sign it and fax it back to them. It was impossible to do from an IPad. He ended up hiring a driver to take him to a mall to go to a branch of their bank and having to deposit cash into the train's account. Meanwhile, I had relaxing time--no tv or Internet. We could get 30 minutes at the coffee shop.
The same driver took us to the train station Thursday. There was a definite security presence. Some of the guards were armed with machine guns. Our driver parked and walked us inside where we were able to locate the designated Premium lounge. Our train departed at 3:00 pm.
So stay tuned and I will tell you what that premium train was like. I am writing from cape Town so you know that we made it.
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