Only in Swakop (part 1)

Some things you can do in Swakop that you probably can’t do elsewhere in Namibia:

10/17/2014, 7:30pm – Went to a tea shop owned by Bridgette, a very kind German woman, who happens to help run a French club here in town. On Fridays they like to have French movie night. For $40 we got the movie, a glass of wine, and snacks. The movie was “36 Quai des Orfevres” or “36^th Precinct”. It was a cop drama and was quite good, and also there were subtitles so we could understand. Going to French movie night at a German tea shop was not something I was expecting to do in Africa. We will definitely be attending again.

10/18/2014, 5:00pm – Around low tide we hit the beach, went out to the rocks, rolled up our sleeves, and endured the incoming waves. Why? So we could collect muscles of course. An individual is allowed to collect up to 50 muscles a day. It’s easy fishing as they are all over the rocks. Also there is no competition; we were the only ones out there. We collected about 80 good ones, and brought them back for dinner. We got some good sized ones, but even the smaller ones had good meat. Master Chef Justin cooked them with butter, garlic, white wine, onions, basil, salt, and pepper. We had it over pasta with garlic bread as a side. It was delicious. Definitely was expecting to be able to get fresh caught muscles, for FREE. Without a doubt, muscles will be on the menu quite often over the next 2 years.