Day 11 Rainy Hermanus by Millen

We woke up expecting miserable day, but the weather contrasted to all apps, and we even got a bit of sun. As we all got out of bed we found 2 things, a hungry, sweaty dad who had just come back from his run, and a street protest. More curious about the latter we were all intrigued by the protesters who were singing along the streets and waving at people, sometimes even filming us. We were trying to work what the protest was about however Dad was more intrested in breakfast and ushered us all to go to a resturant Eashan had found called The cuckoo tree which was a small cool cafe, filled with lots of locals (mostly elderly people). On our way there we had walked along the highstreet and yet again found the same protestors marching down the street. We noticed that everyone else on the road had either run off or locked their shops, Confused and a little scared, it felt like we were in a cowboy movie when 2 people were about to have a duel as it was eerily quiet . Luckily a shopkeeper had spotted us and told us we should leave the area, and before we could question why she had already shut her door. Even though our curiosity grew more than our hunger we took the lady’s advice and took a back road go get to the cafe. After the waiter had taken our orders, we asked him about the protest which we could still hear rumbling outside.
He explained how they were supporting the “Land party “ a political party based in Hermanus made up of a group of people who had temporarily come here from other Southern African countries to make money to send back home. In his eyes they were an uneducated community that didn't see the bigger picture and apparently they hated foreigners, sometimes even attacking them which explained why everyone shut their shops. However there are always 2 sides of the story so we found it tricky to gain a balanced view. We were just pleased to be out of it!

After finishing breakfast and the protest had moved on, we meandered around the city, struggling to find things to do as most attractions were shut. Only doing a bit of shopping and finding a laundrette, before returning back to our aparment to chill.
Due to the nature of no places to eat being open after half 6 we set off early to try and eat at Ficks, the resturant that we attempted to go to the day before. However sadly it was closed ..again due to the protest. Eventually we drove to Lizettes, a
Restaurant found by Arushi. Cautious at first by the lack of people we walked in- we were suprised as the atmosphere and food was great, unlike the music. We left satisfied and headed home for a quiet night.Read more