Sunday

So, after meeting Maria and our driver at the airport we went to the Hotel, Chartfield Guesthouse, in Kalk Bay just south of Cape Town. I was starving after all the waiting at the airport, so we decided to go and get some food right away. We found a small café just around the corner where we got a salad and just talked. After all, we had 10 weeks of catching up to do.

Later we went back to the hotel to get a shower and to unpack our bags. The room we have is just perfect. It’s fairly large with a king size bed, large bathroom and a super nice view.

After a shower and some rest, we went out for some nice dinner and wine down by the harbor.

Monday

After a good nights sleep, we got up and got a really nice breakfast. Pancakes, omelette, bread, fruit, freshly made orange juice and coffee. Sweet!

Our rental car got delivered at 9:30 as planned. We packed our bags, bought sandwiches and got on our way towards Cape Point. At first I was a bit scared of driving on “the wrong side” of the road, but after a while I felt like I had it under control. After all, it’s been 10 years since I got my South African driver’s license.

Cape Point/Cape of Good Hope was even more beautiful than I remembered it to be. It’s probably the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen. The weather was nice and sunny, but very windy! Some times it even hard to stand straight. But that didn’t spoil the great view. In the park we also saw lots of birds, turtles, lizards and baboons.

On the way back to the hotel we made the mandatory stop at Boulders beach where you can watch African penguins. They are about 50 cm tall and really cute. Especially when they walk – they do that wiggling walk penguins do. 

The day ended with a nice dinner and wine at FSH.

Here below are some photos from today (Tuesday, but I’ll write about that later)

The view from our room

Having breakfast

Maria and Hout Bay

Finally back in Cape Town! It took me 10 years to do it. When I left CT back in ‘99 I had set my goals to be back within 5 years (that’s when my South Africa drivers licence would expire). But that doesn’t matter now. The importent thing is that I’m here!

I left Malmö C yesterday at 14:02 and arrived at Heathrow at 18. Had some dinner at Wagamama and bordered the 747 to Cape Town. After some 5 beers, a second air-plane-dinner, the movie Moon and an episode of The new old Christine, I was ready to get some sleep. Unfortunately for me, some people had gathered by the toilets and were having loud discussions. But finally I managed to get three hours of sleep or so.

Waking up I had a cloud-free view over Namibia, beautiful. After landing, waiting for 500 people to get off (I was in the far back), migration, baggage claim and customs I entered South Africa again!

So now here I am, dead tired, waiting for my love to show her pretty face. I can’t wait!! I guess I’ll be crashing once at our hotel.

That’s it for now. Now I’m going to try to see if I can take a nap here, in the pretty noise domestic arrivals hall, at Cape Town International Airport.