20 November 2012

To the Beach

We only planned to spend a couple days in Cape Town before heading outside of the city to a beach town. Our hosts have a home there and were happy to have us borrow it. Amazing!

So, we loaded up the car that morning and began our road trip.

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We were not familiar with the area, can you tell?

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Our chauffeur. I love this man. He is the absolute BEST traveling companion that I will ever know.

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It was a lovely day for a drive.

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And a cappuccino can only make things lovelier, eh?

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It was only a couple hour drive, including some mountains and some apple orchards.  Did you know that South Africa has a unique eco-system that isn’t really found anywhere else in the world? At least that is what my chauffeur told me. He’s a handy (and informative) guy to have around.

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Can’t say it was a flawless trip, though. We did manage to get lost. But that might or might not have been the fault of the passenger’s seat navigator…

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Ack! We’re here?! Here?! This house?! Yup. We’re here. Oh my word.

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This is the view from the balcony. Ocean!  Sea breezes!

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After exploring the house and settling in, we took an evening walk to the shore.

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The ocean air was so cool and refreshing. And we are wearing fleece. And hoods. Glory!

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Beautiful spot.

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My kiddos loved this beach. You’ll see more photos of it soon.

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I had a feeling that evening that we were really going to like it there.

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