Today is Nelson Mandela's 92nd birthday!! We went to the "Ubuntu Fesitval" downtown. "Ubuntu" means respect in South Africa. It is a very common phrase used here. At the festival there was live music and vendors. We then went a couple streets down to the "green market". There were tons of vendors selling everything from jewelry to art to clothing. Every time you expressed interest in what they were selling you would hear "lady, I will give you good price!" or "I have nice things and will give you discount". You had to bargain with these people and I am sure we got ripped off 9 out of 10 times anyway. It was fun though. For lunch I had a chicken pie which is similar to a chicken pot pie in the US but much better here! Meat pies are very popular here. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANDELA!
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