Saturday we were treated with the most brilliant sunrise- thank you rain for staying away. We wanted an early start to the day. When we woke the girls Delaney was horrified to see a cricket had spent the night in her bed. Packed and down to the main house we had breakfast again at the deli and then we were on our way. We headed to Cape Town via Stellenbosch- had to stop in this gorgeous town. We parked an did a little tour up Church Street and then down Dorp street- to many amazing stores and cafes to see. The architecture in this city is all Cape Dutch style - just love it, so pretty. Our last stop was Oom Sammie se Winkle - a big store selling all SA bric a brac- pretty cool. Then we stopped at the Pick'n Pay for a light lunch and we were off to Cape Town. Not a far journey but interesting as you approach CT you drive through - Khayelitsha Township. Due to the immense influx of people, it is the second biggest Black township in South Africa after Soweto in Johannesburg, with approx 315,000 people living in tin shacks. Pretty sad to see so many displaced.
On to CT we found our apartment in De Waterkant area of town- a lovely hilly area scattered with cafes, restaurants and stores. Frank and I popped over to the Spar for groceries and then we all decided to have a chill afternoon as we have been go go for so long.
The sun sets a little later here in CT- about 6. We had a dinner reso for 7:00 at a nearby place called Gold- google maps told us it was 500m away so we decided to walk. We felt pretty safe despite all the warnings about walking at night- although I will walk no further than that.
Gold is a 4 storey restaurant serving dishes from across Africa. We were greeted by a huge statue man walking- a little creepy.
Seated at our table we missed the drum workshop but got to listen to them- which was amazing. Before long our food started arriving- Nouvelle our waitress brought them all on her head. The appies were 7 different dishes, Roti bread, with a snoek pate, lamb and ostrich meatballs, cashew filled packets, maize and spinach patties with dip and a tomato soup that was spicy and amazing. We were full already. During the appies a lady had come round and painted our faces - African style. Then the entertainment started- during the course of our dinner we had so much singing and dancing- it was so good and entertaining. During one performance the dancers pulled Delaney up and she got to show off her African moves. The main course was a springbok stew, chicken curry, peanuts and spinach, various squash dish, beans and corn dish and a huge bowl of pap. It was all delicious - not one bad dish. Lastly dessert was a milk pudding - just enough to put us over the edge. Incredibly full we walked home and then it was early to bed.
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