We are famous!!

So yesterday we were getting ready for Colin to just show up (as he often does on Sunday mornings) and he came like usual at 11am. But instead of going to his place, he told us to suit up in our team Nedbank gear and he was taking us to be interviewed by a local paper! So we had to sit with this hardcore Comrades guy for the next two hours while he peaced together the running adventure we have been on since arriving in Senegal in Jan. He even got a media pass into the world cup stadium so we could get our photos taken! So now we have all these awesome pictures to show you all when we return. Also we will post a link to the newspaper article as soon as we find it. The guy expected it would be out on Wednesday.

Other than that, life has been good lately. We even rented a car last week and Darl drove standard on the opposite side of the road, changing gears with his left hand, up the huge crazy hills in this town. It was very impressive! And we got to escape the city and head to some beautiful beaches and a nature reserve north of town. We also did a walking tour in the city last week and learned lots about the history of Durban. We went to the train station where Ghandi was kicked off of a first class coach, which apparently triggered his early ideas about passive resistance. AND we saw the roof of the train station that was mistakenly built here instead of in Toronto so it can withstand several feet of snow if that were ever to happen!

This week we will be heading to the expo to get our race kits, meeting up with some Canadian runners for drinks, and then heading to Petermeritzburg for a couple of nights before the race. Then we run ALL the way from Petermeritzburg to Durban! Then we get to get back to living like we are on vacation again and seeing sites and making our way to Mozambique for the next leg of our adventure to begin.