Yet more odds and ends - Cape Town, South Africa

Stinkwood trees - we first heard of these when we were in Kaui, Hawaii. We thought we were smelling skunks everywhere until someone told us about the trees. They have them here too.

Light switches - a lot of the light switches for smaller rooms are not in the room, especially bathroom light switches, they are on the wall just outside the door. I wonder if children turn off the light to the bathroom when a sibling or a parent is in there and thinks it's funny?

Apartments are not for rent, they are "to let".

Dessert pudding is not the thick creamy stuff that we have at home, it's more like a cake and is super good and usually comes with cream or ice cream.

Dining out - The server won't take your food order until they see you put down your menu, unless it looks like you need help with it. They will wait until you are done with your salad, soup, etc., before bringing out your entree, unlike many restaurants in the U.S. where they slap down your hot entree only 10 minutes after delivering your salad or appetizer and you have a choice of watching your entree grow cold or not finishing your starter. They won't bring your bill until you ask for it. They never ask if you want change back when you pay in cash, they just assume that you do.

Menus - rarely list the sides that come with a meal, you could end up with two salads that way.

Your food is not "to go" it's "take away".

Real estate here seems to be super cheap and a lot of homes come with a scullery behind the kitchen. This home has one and I wish I had one, all the baking implements are in there plus an extra sink. In Plettenberg Bay we saw a real estate listing for a beautiful home with an ocean view and balconies, that had 4 bedrooms, two of them with private bathrooms, 2 other bathrooms, a scullery, a pool, and a separate "self-catering" (comes with a kitchen) one bedroom apartment that you could rent out, all of this for about $350,000!