Hello Friends!
Say hello to truck!
After an endless search, over several months, I finally found a pickup truck I actually wanted to buy. In the next few weeks I'll be replacing all the broken bits and pieces, and hopefully she'll keep running till next year when I'll probably rebuild the engine. Keep tuned ;D

We're home!

Oh, we've made it!
We left for the airport at 9am Capetown time Friday morning, and have just arrived home at 10pm capetown time saturday. That's a long long time. We're showing, unpacking, and decompressing.
More once the travel crack wears off!

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This is going to be a post about Gran Turismo, Capetown Aquarium, and Lions Head peak

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This will be a post about Stellenbosch, Franshoek, L'Orimarins, and Lavender Garden

Table Mountain

We spent our weekend outside in the sun and outdoors. In order to beat the sun and heat, an early wake up needed to happen Saturday morning. The trail head to hike table mountain, which is one of the many tall flat peaks the surrounds Capetown, is just behind Rob and Amy's flat. We hit the trail around 8am and were able to experience beautiful vistas and have a nice sweat, before heading to the Biscuit mill for breakfast.

The biscuit mill is a combination between a farmers market and a brunch. The mill is a large semi covered market filled with vendors selling beer, cider, and food for most of the day during the weekend. I enjoyed some local beer, an ostrich burger, and many samples of things like cheese, biltong (dried meat), and honey name just a few. After a few hours of hiking, nothing satisfies quite as much as a hearty snack.

We have penguins!

Well, its become Wednesday in a hurry. We head home in just a few days, already. I have a lot of catching up to do on this blogus.

PENGUINS!
We spent a day in Fishhoek to see the sights. We stopped into Pisces Divers where Christie took her Nitrox certification, and obviously we visited the penguins.
We had barbequed fish lunch (he cooked it right in front of us) with prawns and squid at a little cafe on the water, and we strolled around a few small touristy towns. This killed most of the day, and we went out to a small local pizza place for dinner (colcachio). At this point I discovered a play station2 in the basement, Gran Turismo 4 ensued!

How far does $30.00 US take you?

We had planned on scuba diving today, however the winds have been blowing well in excess of 25knots (gust) the last few days, and 10 foot seas turn the sea floor into whirling washing machine of sand and seaweed. Our 2 planned dives today, as well as all of tomorrows dives are scrapped due to the wicked wind.

The upshot, is that for $25 US you can hire a 1.5 hour sailboat charter with unlimited champagne.
You need the booze to be unlimited, because only about 47% actually makes it into your mouth. The rest is lost to wind, wave, and unsteady balance... We had an epic sunset cruise, complete with drunk singing norwegians and exceptionally fast sailing on a twin hulled 50 foot racing cat. I was glad to have my waterproof rain shell as the waves came crashing over us (smart wool underneth, ftw!!). The gulls were diving into the water for their last meal as the sun came crashing into the ocean. The silhouette of the city as well as friends new and old was the perfect and fantastic back drop for the end of an initially disappointing day. Its only 9pm here, and I'm only just starting to sober up enough to head out for some dinner, and then an evening at the bars! Capetown is a wonderful and wild place.