Tag Archive: Cape Town

  1. South Africa: Cape Town

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    We decided to continue to subcontract the driving out while in Cape Town. Uber works great, and we even got a guide one day to take us around. This part of the trip we split into two parts: staying in Bo Kaap right downtown, and then out to Cape View on the water.

    To say our experience in Cape Town was wonderful is an understatement. A better way to describe it is, we spent an afternoon researching month house rentals to see when we could come back for a longer stay. We loved our time in Cape Town and are so happy we got to spend two weeks in South Africa.

    Delicious Tapas at Chefs Warehouse
    Our favorite bite in South Africa.
    Several delicious tapas.
    Roast carrot yum!
    More tapas!
    This bar was so hip.
    Touring the Cape of Good Hope.
    Penguins!
    Johnnie!
    Trishie!
    Touring Bo Kaap.
    John at the start of the hike.
    Hike up, gondola down!
    We were so happy to purchase this print.
    Gin and Tonic cart.
    Mmmm.
    Delicious salad.
    This dish was so tasty.
    More yums.
    Oysters!
    Loved this little coffee shop.
    Dog and art.
    Views for days!
    Our wonderful hotel on the coast.
    Nice suite!
    I love a market!
    Market day.
    Quite a storm rolled in.
    They called it the storm of the century.
    It allowed for quite the views.
    This dog is so sad.
    The meal I was waiting for!
    Oysters
    Deliciousness.
    Yummy food.
    Entree!
    Entree!

  2. Sixteen Days to Go

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    I have wanted to go to South Africa pretty desperately ever since our friends Kathryn and Ole told us about their wonderful trip there, and that was maybe 17 years ago? It has been a long time. So it seems impossible (impossibly thrilling) that John and I are living in the month of our departure date!

    I am so excited about all of our slated activities. I have printed out the 42 page PDF with all of our reservations and maps between towns. I use the app TripIt to gather all our movements into one easy package. Here is the general motion of the trip:

    • We are using British Airways to fly direct Phoenix to Heathrow, then Heathrow to Cape Town. Usually we use miles to fly, but since this was a far (and cheap) flight, we paid for the trip to get the massive amounts of miles on the cheap.
    • First we are driving out from Cape Town to Stellenbosch, where we are staying for two nights at Spier Wine Farm.
    • Then a flight from Cape Town to Durban, and we will drive out to Rhino Ridge Safari Lodge in Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park for some luxury lodge living and Big Five game drives.
    • We drive back to Durban where we will stay four nights at the Southern Sun Elangeni Maharani for John’s 50th birthday with a celebratory dinner at 9th Avenue Bistro.
    • On June 4th John will run the Comrades Marathon.
    • We decided on two locations in Cape Town so we get a feel for coast and town. We will stay four nights at Rouge on Rose in the Bo Kaap area, then move to the ocean to Cape View Clifton. We have chosen lots of great restaurants and activities for our stay there. One is Foxcroft. Another is Reverie. Can’t wait!

    And thanks, British Airways, for this feature that allows me to plan my movies for the 10 and 11.5 hour flights. I have a lot to catch up on!