Posts filed under ‘Cape Town’
Another tough day at the office…
I had a wonderful opportunity to finally take an aerial tour of Cape Town this past week.
A work supplier launched a new product and took us on an aerial trip to celebrate. We went on the Atlantico trip with Cape Town Helicopters.
It was fantastic!
Coming back to town, looking down onto Sea Point.
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The man in the moon …
… looked out of the moon,
looked out of the moon and said:
“It’s time for all children on the Earth to …
… take photos of me!”
As you probably know last Saturday the moon was closest to Earth.
As Erik and I were reading a bedtime story about wolves and the moon I suddenly remembered and to Erik’s delight …
… I fetched my tripod and we had a very exciting photo session.
Erik was fascinated by the moon’s face and obviously HAD to also put his own camera on top of the tripod and take his own pictures.
I will soon post a selection of Erik’s shots. Here’s mine to start with. Or rather “ours” as Erik helped with everything.
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Yet another visit to the fish
For a change the whole family visited the Two Oceans Aquarium today and Erik was thrilled to have his Daddy all to himself.
THAT’s why I can almost only show you pictures of Lilly.
This time she particularly enjoyed the touch pool, …
… the seahorses, …
… the frog ride (that her brother is still too chicken to ride), …
… the little mouse stealing the bird food in the penguin exhibit, …
(oh, hello, Erik!)
… the mole snake, …
… the penguins of course, …
… making friends, …
… playing on the toddler slide, …
… and playing peekaboo in the harbour restaurant.
As I mentioned before …
… Stodels is a pretty cool place to go when you’ve got small kids.
Normally I enjoy the luxury of having the place mostly to ourselves and a few other lucky ones who have the choice to go there during regular working hours.
Last week I experienced though that it can also be fun during its very busiest days – the school holidays.
We went there to meet Erik’s sibling kindergarten friends Karla and Paul to find the place packed with pool, water slide and – of course – masses of families frolicking all over eating ice creams, hopping on trampolines, splashing in the water or even cuddling huge snakes and iguanas. (lizard tongue sticking out over delighted little boys’ shoulders, claws hanging on to their arms, both looking very happy … In such situations my kids prefer a safe distance while I wish I was small enough to also get a turn).
Karla and Paul’s Mom had me green with envy as the two year age advance of her children allowed her to peacefully indulge in coffee drinking and scones eating while I was constantly helping Lilly up and down the irresistible slide. And still SHE is the one finishing the Two Oceans marathon last weekend!! Not fair.
Erik, the observer, was easy. first he watched the kiddie train, then the kids on the trampoline, then the kids on the waterslide until finally sitting down next to and striking up a conversation with an elderly lady on a bench.
All in all it was lots of fun, almost overwhelming, and the best part was feeding the animals (my personal favourite the tortoises of course).
Weekend For Two :) :)
Before my parents came to visit Glenn and I spent a lovely night away in Tulbagh (thanks to Granny and Oupa! Thank you!)
Since our little camera is now at the doctor’s all I have to offer is this gallery of the wonderful time we spent enjoying good food and wine, relaxed conversation, great scenery, good music by Albert Frost http://www.albertfrost.com and Arno Carstens, a bit of sightseeing and best of all (for me) just staring into space and saying/doing nothing while sipping my coffee/wine/whatever.
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Erik Ahoi
This morning Erik and I joined an Eko Yacht Tour organised by the Two Oceans Aquarium.
It was Erik’s first time on a boat and I’m not sure who was more excited about it – him or strange me who is fascinated by the oceans and the life within, but gets awfully uncomfortable on or in water that is nor perfectly still and warm.
Luckily I’d picked up some pills/syrup for motion sickness on our way there because despite taking it I still ended up feeling queasy. To be honest I already start feeling queasy before I even set foot on a boat because I get so stressed out thinking that I might get seasick.
I was relieved to at least be able to wrap Erik up in a life jacket.
We enjoyed beautiful views along the coast and were lucky to spot many many dolphins swimming around us.
Unfortunately we did receive a damp-er before even leaving the harbor when a wave hit us hard and soaked not only our pants, but also my camera which immediately gave up it’s ghost.
Erik was shocked into silence and shivering (I was glad I’d packed spare pants for “accidents”. Funny that I never thought they might me soaked “outside in”. His underwear was still dry 
), but since our safe return has advertised this event as the absolute highlight of the whole trip. I think that wave may just have created his first lasting memory.
Regarding the camera I’m glad I’ve still got some old photos in stock or this would be the immediate end of the blog for a while. As it is I will still be able to feed from a weekend in Thulbach and of course good times with Nena & Nobbi. 
