November 1, 2013
After our first visit to Cape Town back in March, we knew this was a place we would come back to. We loved it. It's like taking the best parts of Vancouver, San Francisco and Sydney and rolling them all into one. When I had an opportunity to make a trip to the Mother City for work, I jumped on it, and bought an extra ticket for M to join me for the weekend. We re-visited some of our favourite spots (V&A Waterfront and Camps Bay), and also had a chance to visit a few new spots (Robben Island and the Old Biscuit Mill market). It was a timely visit as it happened to occur the weekend preceding my birthday, so it was a great chance to celebrate in style. Here is a glimpse of what turned out to be a very relaxing and sunny birthday weekend...
The Old Biscuit Mill & Neighbourgoods market made for a perfect Saturday morning (and when there's banana-bread-french-toast, who's arguing?).
It was too windy on our last visit to make the trip to Robben Island, so we made a point of going this time around. The view of Table Mountain and the city of Cape Town from Robben Island is stunning.
Exploring around Robben Island.
Receiving a tour by a former prisoner of the inside of the prison where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 prison years.
V&A Waterfront: checking out the newest tourist attraction, a giant yellow picture frame.
Late afternoon drinks and snacks at a beach club on Granger Bay.
Birthday dinner at the Cape Grace Hotel, followed by an evening visit to Madeba.
Walking up to a gorgeous view of the ocean, and spending the morning in Bantry Bay running along the seaside promenade followed by a walk to Camps Bay.
Clifton Bay: home to the freezing Atlantic ocean, but gorgeous all the same.
Pure Bliss.
View of a lone kite surfer and Table Mountain from Bloubergstrand (just north of Cape Town).
Kite surfers enjoying the Monday evening winds.
Stunning pre-storm clouds over Table Mountain.
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