Nelson Mandela

I always thought meeting Nelson Mandela would be interesting.  He was a political prisoner for 27 years and released in 1990.  In 1994 he received the Nobel Peace Prize and then President in May 1994.  While I was at my hotel I was able to meet him.  What a charismatic person he was.  We talked about politics and history.  He invited me to have dinner with him.  We ate at La Perla restaurant in Cape Town.  It was an honor to meet him.  I went back to my hotel and  went to sleep.  The next day I boarded a plane on my way to Russia.