Stellenbosch (here at last!)

We are now in Stellenbosch at CSIR. The weather is rainy. We are staying at a very nice little cottage. The place is surrounded by mountains and wildlife, including 4 very friendly dogs. We are eating delicious food and preparing for a very busy week after the weekend. We were driven home from the airport by our collaborator, Joy Leaner, and her husband Denver. We finally arrived in Cape Town at 8:30 PM, and to our cottage at around 9. We have satelite TV and a little fireplace(all the comforts of home). I feel absolutely no jet lag. I woke up this morning at around 8:30 and saw the sun shining through the clouds onto the mountains, it was quite magnificent. I am really looking forward to travelling around this weekend and then getting started with work on Monday. One funny thing, we were awoke to the call of a strange duck bird pictured below. He made a burping sort of sound. It was quite funny.