Vivid blue skies greeted us and warm to very warm weather. We scrabbled to find the sunnies to cope with the glare but as mine were broken, I borrowed some from our beautiful niece Carly, with whom we stayed for the 5 nights. She has a lovely ground floor apartment that looks out on the mountains and a veritable Botanic gardens… complete with wildlife…I started feeding a family of Egyptian geese…Mum & Dad and 14 chicks - Soon, every time I came out on to the patio I had a fan club…then a family of 3 squirrels - yes, more squirrels - came up on the patio to be fed…I had a lovely time with all that. Carly could easily pass for one of ours - she, Kirstin and Jess are out of the same mould.
We saw quite a bit of Capetown thanks to Helen & Leon - Leon drove us up to the Table Mountain one day and we caught the cable car up to the top - it was very windy and we were lucky to get up there as they closed it just after we took it up the horrendously steep slopes. It was amazing being amongst the clouds and have them skidding over and around you - and the view is rather breathtaking. The way the clouds make a table cloth over the mountain is totally stunning too, as are the bays around the coastline.
We then took a double decker bus around the city to get a better perspective of it, ending up at the Wharf and having a beer or two with H & L who had spent the day shopping.
The next day we headed out to tour the “Castle ” an old military building, walked into town and through their gardens, saw a few weddings and heard the blacks singing for them, did a quick look at The Slave Lodge / Museum - it was really hot that day and we found it quite exhausting so home for a lovely sleep and a quiet night home by ourselves. Glenn very happily went out to buy KFC for dinner and we watched the first of the Hobbit series.
The next day we drove all around the bay with H & L & Carly - it was a public holiday and we ended up at Hout Bay for fish and chips - my fish was called a Schnookie - huge bones but nice flesh.
We also were invited for dinner at Paul & Glenys’ place - where H & L were staying - it was great fun and the company very interesting. I really enjoyed seeing the friendship that Paul and Leon share - it is very special and quite amusing too. Paul saves up all the chores for handyman Leon to do when visits Capetown about once a year, so they have a bit of fun together doing the list.
After a full and very enjoyable time in C’town we left on Tuesday morning for the 800km drive along the Garden Route to Port Elizabeth….stay tuned for all that news next time… bye for now, Love me xox
