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Meadowridge

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    • Day 10

      Day 9 - Kapstadt

      March 13, 2022 in South Africa ⋅ 🌧 17 °C

      3:30 Uhr ⏰!! Aua. Das hat weh getan. Um 4 Ihr ging es los gen Durban zum Flughafen. Ich habe ausschliesslich im Auto geschlafen und mein Schatz ist die 2 1/2 Stunden gefahren. Check-in nach Kapstadt. Die Stadt auf die ich so lange gewartet habe und zweimal stornieren musste.

      Wir sind in einer Woche fast 2000km Auto in zusammen ca. 36 Stunden über Autobahnen, Panorama Route, Schotterpisten, Baustellen und schmalen Dorfstrassen gefahren. Nun fliegen wir 2000km in 2 Stunden zum Tafelberg, in ein ganz anderes Südafrika.

      Es regnete bei Ankunft in Kapstadt. Wir haben sogleich nachgeschaut wie lange und der Wetterbericht sagte dass es noch am selben Tag vorbei sei. Juchuuhh. Auto abgeholt und gleich in Richtung Constantia zu unserem am Morgen gebuchten B&B gefahren.

      Constantia ist eine herrliche Ecke wo das Haus liegt. Am Gate haben wir geklingelt und verkündet dass wir eine Buchung haben. Wir fuhren rein und unser Host René kam uns hektisch entgegen und rief uns gleich entgegen dass sie keine Buchung hätte. Es war so lustig 😆. Roland konnte ihr natürlich zeigen dass er eine Booking.com Bestätigung hatte. Sie war so hektisch, weil sie eine Party im Haus ein paar Minuten später hatte.

      René hatte keine Zeit zu verlieren und zeigte uns schnell das Zimmer was zur Verfügung stand. Was natürlich genau das war, was wir gebucht hatten. Sie bat uns es uns zu überlegen, und unten an der Bar einen Wein zu trinken.

      Kaum hatten wir unseren herrlichen Stellenbosch Chardonnay in der Hand kamen peu à peu Ihre Gäste, und wir unterhielten uns bestens mit der Truppe. Als René dann umgezogen zurückkam, verkündete sie höflich dass sie uns ja gern dabei haben würde, alles aber haargenau für 20 Personen vorbereitet sei … und ein verkündeter Stromausfall von 14:30 bis 16 Uhr stattfinden wird. Wir seien gern zum Dessert und Käse später eingeladen.
      Das Haus ist sehr Mondän und grosszügig, mit einem reizenden Garten mit 10m Pool in der Mitte und alle Gästehäuser säumten diesen drumherum.

      Wir machten und schnell auf etwas Essen zu gehen, was eine leckere Pizza und Chardonnay in Constantia war.

      Anschliessend hatten wir einen herrlichen Nachmittag und Abend bis Mitternacht mit der betrunkenen Truppe Mitte 70- knapp über 80 jährigen sehr gut situierten Menschen. Überraschung war ein Britisches Pärchen, die ein Domizil in Nerja haben, unweit von unserem Familiendomizil in Almuñécar. Schöne Unterhaltungen folgten an diesem herrlichen Abend. Der Wein, Whisky und Gin Tonics flossen in Strömen an der hauseigenen Bar und Lounge am Pool. Wir waren die Letzten und brachten zwei Gäste im Arm stützend zu ihrem Auto. Unverantwortlich, aber wir wollten auch nicht, dass sie auf die Nase fallen.

      Ab ins Bett und endlich einmal ausschlafen 🤩
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    • Day 4

      Cape town

      February 6, 2018 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 19 °C

      Day 1ish ,Day one was a knackering occasion! Long flight,change at J'burg for Cape Town. No real issues bar Hertz at Cape Town. Poor Jane pi##ed about for an hour about car and insurance. Sorted but Caveat emptor boys, if you do not use THEIR insurance excess, they make it an issue. Mrs G great, I would have been on Robbin Island!!
      Arrived at our Res.
      .(rather nice), via supermarket for a shop and a couple of well earned beers. Please note,apart from Hertz, not really any worse than a trip to Cyprus,just twice as long!! Slept well after a 1/2 bucket shower each. No real rain for 4yrs. Bit of a comp as to who can use the least water.. Currently fat Roger winning with 1/2 a bucket per shower. Sadly Mr G gets the cold half. Ha! ( No joke this place is dry!!!) Slept well.

      Day 2 proper like. Vasco in control!!!! Decided on a quick sortie down to Cape Aghulus, two and a half hours each way,for the benefit of the uneducated among you (joke)!, the most Southern Point in Africa where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet.
      Mrs G the most Southerly bird on the African Continent at that time. Rather impressive where the 2 Oceans meet! Mrs G spotted an Ostrich with a few kids which made her happy. Lots to see. We got home in time to meet Rod and Sandy for dinner tomorrow but had a good meal. Rod and Sandy have take a FAB place in Steenberg on the golf course ,not inexpensive for sure. We ,however, are shacked up with the Norwegian Consul, so.on your bike team,tough! They have a really nasty fierce Shnauser ( no dirty jokes!) Called Buster who loves biltong! A bit of a pussycat! Had a great dinner Ribs and stuff without Needham's and Gavshon's as we had the wrong night. Great trial run and took a 5 min cab to Rod and Sandy,s for a late digestif. Gt fun with Grant and Sarah on good form. Taxi arrived so got home with surprisingly tidy considering the company! Suspect tomorrow may be ugly!,, Time for bobos,both tired,xxxxGriffs in Africa. Interesting point though. We were going to walk to Rod and Sandy,s house and the local security guys would not let us as too dangerous so we took a cab. Nice to be advised by the locals but it was a great evening.

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    • Day 5

      Botanical Gardens and Camps Bay

      February 7, 2018 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      This was Mrs G's day! Botanical Gardens in Cape Town is a world heritage site. Unsurprisingly they are fantastic. Desert conditions however mean that they are not at their best, still fantastic though. Great canopy walk on a bridge just as wobbly as the London one!
      After that off to the Table Mountain cable car. Long queues so abandoned that idea as prawns and calamari were calling from Camps Bay. Many beers at 1/2 local prices with the usual seafood ( Jane's Kingklip was delicious ) and not too pricey - lunch about £40-. Off to the beach for Mrs G to tan the pins and a dip. I went into shark infested water but could not tempt her in. The shark was very relieved! Big surf running although out at sea pot calm- long South Atlantic swell. Anyway Jane toasted herself for a few hours so tranquility reigns at last. Still managing 1/2 a bucket to shower. Only reason I went for a dip!
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    • Day 5

      Cape of Good Hope and Boulder

      February 7, 2018 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      Lazy start this morning. Our trip to Cape Aghulus was probably a bit much having just arrived the day before. Also, it is very hot so maybe a bit of heat exhaustion too (just thought I'd rub it in as gather you are freezing in the UK!).

      So today we drove down the length of the Peninsular from Hout Bay to Muizenberg. For the most part stunning scenery and very windy roads but as we got closer to Cape Point it became more rugged, arid and windswept. Baboons everywhere - nasty things - and some ostriches. The proteas are just about to flower so we're hoping they do before we leave. Wondering if the drought is delaying that. We have had no rain and it doesn't look as if there is any on its way.
      Stopped at Boulder for lunch - our most expensive to date - about £50 but Roger had oysters and we then had grilled Tiger prawns peri peri and salad - delicious. For the most part lunch/dinner is costing in the region of £35 and the steak house that we have been to two nights running ('cos I got the wrong day to meet up with the Gavshons!) lets you bring your own wine (you can buy a very tidy Rose/White for £2-3!

      Boulder is where you can see the African Penguins close up - literally feet away. They don't seem to mind hundreds of people gawping at them - happily sitting on their nest waiting for their eggs to hatch - a few had already so there were some very proud Mummy penguins around.

      Although we have the hire car, we are using Uber to get around when we go out at night. 'Happy' is our chap - so pleasant and doesn't seem to mind if we are a bit late or have a change of plan - just laughs all the time - definitely a happy, chappy!
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