Today we started out our journey bright and early with a walk down to grab breakfast before heading out on our garden route tour...well nothing opens early on Sunday and everything opens even later on Sundays during the winter holidays, so we settled for fresh air and exercise before loading into our tour van. We ventured out past University of Capetown, the hospital that pioneered heart transplant surgery and the beautiful lookout point that had us all unloaded for pictures before we hit up the penguins...yes penguins in South Africa. The penguins are quite the site and since I was lucky enough to see them four years ago, I stayed back in the van with our sleeping babes- they are still trying to get this time change down and naps are coming at the most odd times.
After the penguins we headed to the Cape of Good Hope. It's here you can see the Indian and the Atlantic Oceans meet and the blue colored ocean is unlike anything you've seen before. We grabbed a few group shots, including one with the Contra Costa Times, before heading to the lighthouse. Daddy, Scott, and Brad hiked the hill while the mommies, Gigis, and kiddos took the tram- Little Guy was jazzed to be riding a choo choo up the mountain. It was such a windy day that we decided it was probably safest if Gigi stayed at the base of the stairs with Mr. Wyatt Bear. I made the mistake of telling Little Guy I hoped the wind didn't blow him out of my arms...he was terrified I would drop him in the big water, so he didn't enjoy the lighthouse as much as the rest of us. We didn't see any baboons, which was a relief for most of us, but Gigi felt gypped.
We had to quickly wrap up our windy sight seeing because we had lunch reservations at the Food Barn. This was something we were all looking forward to and we were not disappointed! The food was delicious, the atmosphere was so quaint, and the champagne washed down my meal perfectly. The icing on the yummy cake was the the fact we were being treated to lunch by the tour company since we had had such a debacle of a time with the car seats, even better! After nearly three hours at the restaurant, we hit up the local shops and deli before heading home. We had to make sure to stock up on wine since Capetown does not sell alcohol on Sundays and we were fresh out. The little kids did a great job hanging at lunch- there was an awesome playground and abandoned tractor to climb on as well as some prepared videos on the Kindle (Mommy thought ahead!).
We headed home with full bellies and decided to stay in for the night so the kiddos could get some rest and the adults could enjoy a glass of wine and some time to just sit back and visit. We can't wait for a chance to work some of this food off with our trip tomorrow to Table Mountain!
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