Rain, rain and rainbows.

As promised the rain was here Tuesday- it wasn't horrible, but enough for us to don the raincoats and head out. First stop Bokaap, this Colourful area was one I had to explore- we tried the museum but it was cash only and as we needed to find a bank machine we gave it a miss.  We took a walk around and admired the beautiful houses. Our next order of business was a good coffee.

The quest for coffee in this country has been extreme- extremely good and extremely bad.  We are never really sure what we are going to get- there are not Starbucks at all that we have seen.  But we had heard the coffee scene in Capet Town was all that.  Truth coffee was supposed to be the best- meh!  The best we have had is at Jason's.  This was a place I had marked on my must do list, and there it was.  Of course we always order an Americano here as they don't do drip coffee, the question is always asked "milk on the side". And when you answer yes then, "hot or cold".  I always have to have it cold as they make the coffee super hot too.  But we have had some very good coffee and some just okay- Jason's- yes!

After coffee and a snack we were in search of Sugarman- the vinyl record store who is owned by the guy who found Rodriguez.  A 10 minute walk and we were at Mabu Vinyl, a good place to explore.  After we took a walk down Long street checking out the eclectic stores and such.  We made our way down to Greenmarket Square- any souvenir you could possible want.  Lunch time at this point and we were all hungry- a tour guide in the square directed us to the "Food Lovers Market", this place was perfect for sandwiches - we all had a panini and a sit down.  Then down to the company gardens for a stroll.  Danica made friends with the squirrels and geese right away- they would eat out of our hands if we had food- too tame.  A walk showed us some lovely flowers, plants and trees- it would be amazing in the Summer.  We didn't spend too long as our parking was due to expire.  Back to the car and then a quick stop at the V&A waterfront as the girls wanted to head to the scratch patch.  We spent a good hour picking stones and then it was home after a long day.  The rain held off for us and we had a great day in the city- good thing we didn't wait to go up the mountain though- it's been covered in cloud for the last 2 days. Dinner- what to do?  There are so many places to eat nearby, but which one to choose from?  We settled on "El Burro", a very highly recommended Mexican Place down the street.  The food was so good- Frank and Danica had the pork tacos, I had the chicken in poblano sauce and Delaney the chicken quesadilla.  The food was very good, as were the margaritas!