my new best friend

I would like you to meet Jill. She is my new American friend here in Cape Town. I know that she will be invaluable throughout the upcoming months as I continue to become acclimated. Having someone available to you who really knows the ins and outs of getting around a new city is just the best. Plus she sounds just like me, so there are no confusing accents to trip me up.

Sorry, did you think Jill was a person? No! Jill is the American female voice setting on our new GPS. She speaks abysmal Afrikaans, which gives me a real ego boost with regard to my meager abilities (at least I know how to pronounce "Buitenkant" street correctly...ha!). We are hot on the hunt for a second car, and I am slowly but steadily racking up the manual transmission driving hours (progress report: no curbs were injured during my last lesson).

I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship...