Rain

Sunday we went to Jo'Burg to have lunch with friends and hang out. I really like Jo'Burg a lot. It has a similar vibe to LA in that you don't immediately see what makes it a great city. You have to know where you're going and get to the individual neighborhoods. So it was great having friends take us around.

First we went downtown to this new arts district where there are a number of renovated warehouses. Then we went to the Parkhurst neighborhood for lunch. While there, afternoon thunderstorms rolled in and trapped us in the restaurant for about two hours. It is the rainy season here after all. But the rain was just torrential...though nice to watch from inside the cafe. The big thing about South African thunderstorms is their intensity. I thought I knew strong thunderstorms from growing up in St. Louis. But the ones here are very intense, loud and usually quite fast moving. But the one on Sunday last longer than usual...according to locals. I doubt these pictures capture it, but I think you can see that the street became a river!

Anyway, what took us only 30 minutes to drive down to Jo'Burg from Pretoria, took 90 minutes on the way home in the rain.