November 2, Halfway Home

We planned on 2 hours for refueling the rental car, driving to Cape Town airport and turning in the car, but it only took us 45 minutes this morning.  So we had a long wait before our first flight to Joberg, especially since it was about an hour late departing.  During our layover in Joberg, we had a really fun conversation with a couple of Jamaicans, a German, and a South African couple.  Our conversation began by the Jamaican moving over to make room for us "elders" (Tom & I) as he called us and went on to discussing dark chocolate with the German and its health benefits, with the Jamaicans never tasting 70% cacao before - until the German pulled out a bar for them to try.  Our 10+ hour flight to Frankfurt on Lufthansa was extremely uncomfortable; packed in like sardines.  But the flight itself was very smooth on the 747-8, other than the fact it sounded like the pilot scraped the tail on the runway at takeoff!!!  Made for a touch of anxiety..........I've decided we will try to avoid Lufthansa from here on out, as they are difficult to get any info out of prior to flying, and the seats are really cramped.  We've in Frankfurt for about 4 hours now; Tom's recharging IPods; and I had a jumbo latte to revive myself.  ☺️

Birdwise, our last bird in Cape Town was a pair of Rock Kestrels flying around the outside of the terminal.  And in Joberg the last bird was a pair of Rock pigeons flying around INSIDE the terminal.

Only one photo today from Frankfurt.