Movies in Cape Town

Today is a very cold and rainy day and I'm sitting here in my room under my blankets watching the drops hit the window and I thought I would update you on the last few days. Last night, a couple of us decided to go out for dinner and a movie. The Dark Knight opened up on Friday here in South Africa so we were all really excited to see it. After wandering around Cavendish Mall for a while trying to figure out where the movie theater is, we found it. I'm pretty sure they purposefully construct the malls as a labryinth so that you are continually caught in commerce. If you're stuck long enough, you're bound to buy something! Ok, that was a tangent...sorry. Anyways, movies are a bit different here--it's not as easy as you think to just go and buy tickets and sit with your friends. They have ASSIGNED seats! So, in order to sit with the people you came with, you must buy them all together at one time and hope that its in a decent row. It's really not a big deal, just something you have to get used to, but we were all a little shocked when we got there. Apparently this only happens in South Africa too. If you go to a movie in Mozambique, you choose where you sit. The movie was great though! I thought it was going to end several times, but it just kept going. It definately lived up to its name as it was a very dark movie, but it was still very entertaining. For dinner, we went out to a nice italian place and laughed the evening away. For now, I think I will brew my 3rd cup of tea for the day! When there is no central heating and it's cold and rainy, tea is the only thing that will keep you warm!