Cape Town,
Western Cape,
South Africa
Monday, September 1, 2008
Africa! Finally, one of those places you always hear about but never seem to get there- South Africa was definitely one of those places for me. Even though it's winter and I so love sunshine and summer weather, it was mild and we had a great time. We stayed with Ray's friend (and mine now too) Andre, who is just always up for a great time and made sure we were ALWAYS having fun and seeing something new. His family owns a guest house on the beach in Cape Town (Kommetjie specifically- Sunset Beach Guest House), which was beautiful and super comfortable, so we all stayed there for our first week in town before taking a road trip up to Durban. While in Cape Town, we saw beautiful scenery of the mountains overlooking the ocean pretty much everywhere you drive, we hung out with penguins on the beach, went great restaurants and bars, and made sure to take a day to do wine tasting. We went to Cape Point- the southern tip of the continent of Africa ! We had baboons cross our paths driving, plus tons of other adventures. Ray's friend Alexis' family owns a champagne farm, so we started a tasting there and then went around to all the local vineyards to taste the local wines- wine was great, and it was super fun. After about a week, we decided to drive north, stopping at Dre's Grandma and Grandpa's house (Oma and Opa in Afrikaans), then in the surf town of Jeffrey's Bay on the way to Andre's parents place in Durban- where we had more great times including a safari, which I'll post in the next entry.
