Our last two days in Cape Town have been the most relaxing but still enjoyable. Yesterday we went to see Aunty Pam (my great aunt) in Durbanville, and Gertie the GPS did a great job navigating us through the 45 minute drive. We spent the day chatting, eating and driving around on the school run and also a short country tour. We briefly met Douglas and Bradley (my mother's cousins) and Bradley's two sons, Jarred and Connor. Today it rained in Cape Town for the ...

After the 'adventures' of last night we had a bit of a sleep in and a lazy morning today ... just what the doctor ordered I think. The weather was spectacular today - definitely didn't feel like winter! The cloud even lifted from Table Mountain for the first time since we arrived. We went out for lunch at a nice cafe with Nico and Jolandi and enjoyed some fantastic burgers (cajun chicken for the girls and beef for the boys). After lunch Nico, Brett & I hea...

Phew, caught up again on the blog entries. Yesterday was a real mixed bag of adventures. We decided to go to Cavendish Square (a mall) yesterday morning ... however Gertie (our GPS) had other ideas. I have no idea where she was planning to take us. Thankfully Brett could remember back to when he was here and he managed to figure out we were driving too far into town. He navigated us back to the right spot and we had a wander around the mall. They have the coole...

On Sunday, after the busyness of the last few days we had a lazy morning. Angus and Lauren taught us a new card game called Tichu which is a lot like scum but with some weird poker-like add-ons. Even the rule book says "Tichu cannot be explained" so I won't go much further in my explanation here! The result was a win for the Kiwis much to the South Africans' disappointment as they have yet to win against anyone they have taught! Chris had organised a braai for...

On Friday morning Angus, Lauren, Rebecca and I made our way to Green Market Square to do a bit of souvenir (or curio as they call it here) shopping. Most of the stalls were item-for-item identical to another stall or ten in the market. Rebecca was a bit overwhelmed by the harassing way that they try and sell things to you, but she bravely fought through it and even managed to bargain the one guy down in price. That's my girl! We then went to see a statue that ...