We took a scenic drive to Cape Point, the southern most tip of Africa* and protected habitat, on Saturday. Emily met a wonderful German girl, Dorothy, who is here doing an internship for a climate change NGO, that joined us. We headed south along the coast, stopping at an ostrich farm along the way. They were very cute and we learned way more than I ever knew about them.
a) have leather
b) have the second strongest leather (to kangaroos) with 14 layers of skin
c) ingest sandstone to help them digest food
d) can run 70km per hr for 30 minutes
We continued south and the weather could not seem to decide what it wanted to be and resulted in crazy wind and occasional drizzle, followed by clouds, sunshine, rinse, repeat. The views were awesome and all I could really think about was where we were on the map. So far south! Have I mentioned how wonderful it is to return to spring and the southern hemisphere? The days are getting longer again. My body is very confused as to why I’m eating strawberries and corn again…
We returned home on a different path, stopping at Boulder Beach for penguins!!! They were molting and actually much more ugly than their zoo cronies (but I presume much happier…except for the predators maybe). We saw African Penguins, formally known as Jacka** Penguins !!! They were very cute and smelled bad. We had a Tibetan meal for lunch in Simon’s Town.
Sunday we got up early, as we’d made a “booking” at 9:30 AM to watch the Rugby World Cup Final-France v. New Zealand. Our bar was for NZ all the way and after a great match the All Blacks won!! Rugby might genuinely be the most savage professional sport; no timeouts, no padding, no helmet…though these things also make me question anyone who would play a full contact sport without pads..?
We had a great walk along the beach of Seapoint and rounded the day out with delicious white wine in Camps Bay. It was a lovely weekend:)
*not actually the southern most point, but close and where the Indian and Atlantic Ocean are meet.
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