Cape Town Finally! (Part 2)

Cape Town Animals : VIDEO HERE

On Thursday we woke up early and had breakfast on the patio. Another beautiful day! We had a full day planned going all the way down the Cape and then back up the other side.

Our first stop was Simon's Town, and the penguin colony that lives there. AWESOME!! There are penguins, on the beach, as far as the eye can see, just hanging out and being penguins!

 I love you...

 They are so fun to watch... you can focus on the big group or just pick one and follow it. I loved seeing how graceful they were in the water and then so comical as they come back ashore.

 It was nesting season and they were digging holes and laying eggs. This one laid an egg right in front of us!

 Yeah, you get a lot of pics, this is a fraction of the pictures I have... what can I say, I love penguins...

When they were sitting on their eggs they would all hang out with their mouths open wide and just freeze. Like hoping bugs would just drop from the sky or I don't know what...

 We watched them for what seemed like hours, it was so entertaining, and then it was time for lunch. We found this restaurant that was right on the beach and they gave us the corner table right on the water!

 They we drove on towards the tip:

 Cape of Good Hope:

 First we hit Cape Point, which has a lighthouse and this amazing rock outcrop jutting out into the sea:

 There were amazing views of the Cape itself:

 Lighthouse!

 There was a trail between Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope and Sasha and I wanted to hike it so Grammy and Teddy took the car and drove around to meet us and we set off down the trail.

 So nice to have a hiking buddy:

 Maybe the most southerly pocket beach on the tip of Africa...

 Me and my girl, looking back toward the lighthouse:

 South-Western Tip of Africa!!

 We took the switchbacks down to the parking area and Grammy and Teddy were waiting for us. We had to get our official group shot:

 On the way out there was a baboon troop being epic as always. We got some good video that you can link to at the top of this post but check out this pic! Yep buddy, it's still there....

 Then we visited an Ostrich farm. Ostriches freak me out...

 Seriously, they're like Aliens:

 Our last stop of the day was a vineyard in Noordhoek. They had an open-air Christmas carol concert with wine and a million food booths. Strolling through food booths and deciding what to eat is pretty much my favorite kind of dining EVER.

 Dessert and cheese section of the food:

 Main food area... how do you choose?!?

 I got dinner from these guys, they were cooking up 3 kinds of potjie. It was AMAZING!! I asked them if they would adopt me into their tribe....

 The setting:

 The view:

 We sat there listening to beautiful Christmas music, sampling our yummy food, and watching the sun set over the water. It was the perfect end to a perfect day!

 The one thing we didn't get to see that was on our list was this cool fort that Sasha had learned about in school. We took one wrong turn on our way home and there it was! She was so excited... Cape Town bucket list sorted!

 On Friday we had a 10 hour drive back to P.E. But I can't complain as it has to be one of the most scenic drives on the planet. Plus I had 3 very entertaining people with me. You never know WHAT kind of trouble they're going to get us into....