Il Divo performed last night at the beautiful Kirstenbosch Gardens
You sit outside on a grassy slope facing onto a large modern stage with Table Mountain directly behind.....what a setting and the moon shining directly above .
Glad we took warm cloths though....the evening became quite cool
Tuesday 27 February 2007
Il Divo
Il Divo performed last night at the beautiful Kirstenbosch Gardens
You sit outside on a grassy slope facing onto a large modern stage with Table Mountain directly behind.....what a setting and the moon shining directly above .
Glad we took warm cloths though....the evening became quite cool
You sit outside on a grassy slope facing onto a large modern stage with Table Mountain directly behind.....what a setting and the moon shining directly above .
Glad we took warm cloths though....the evening became quite cool
Langebaan
Both jeannette and me brought with us from the UK sore throat, cough and cold which we just got rid of to enjoy a nice weekend at Langebaan with Mike and Val and Jerry and Noreen and Dave and Shiela who own a rather nice holiday home there.
Langebaan is 1.5hour drive from Cape Town up the west coast......was a small fishing village which is now lost in a frenzy of holiday home building....but it is a quiet safe place for Cape Towners to escape to.
Highlight was an afternoon at the famous Strandloper Beach Barbecue where you gorge on 10 courses of all varieties of fish cooked in front of you washed down of course with good white wine
....can amble on the rocks and beach between courses.....wonderful
Langebaan is 1.5hour drive from Cape Town up the west coast......was a small fishing village which is now lost in a frenzy of holiday home building....but it is a quiet safe place for Cape Towners to escape to.
Highlight was an afternoon at the famous Strandloper Beach Barbecue where you gorge on 10 courses of all varieties of fish cooked in front of you washed down of course with good white wine
....can amble on the rocks and beach between courses.....wonderful
Wednesday 21 February 2007
Cape Town
Arrived 6.15 am to a lovely warm morning....wind did get up a bit later. Monday and Tuesday gloriously hot....today cooler and overcast....well, typical Cape Town weather really.
Workmen have started to replace all our windows so we are in a bit of a mess.
Monday we decided to buy ourselves a gas barbecue, which was delivered THE SAME DAY....an open top van drew up with a boz the size of a small bungalow on the back. But Africa is entering the modern age...the barbecue was in about 20 pieces needing to be assembled but without any screws or bolts to do so.
I am off now to sort it out.
Richard
Workmen have started to replace all our windows so we are in a bit of a mess.
Monday we decided to buy ourselves a gas barbecue, which was delivered THE SAME DAY....an open top van drew up with a boz the size of a small bungalow on the back. But Africa is entering the modern age...the barbecue was in about 20 pieces needing to be assembled but without any screws or bolts to do so.
I am off now to sort it out.
Richard
London
Spent a nice night and a long layin at the Heathrow Hilton....lazily reading the papers Saturday morning and getting ready for our flight late afternoon.
The night before we took the train into London to see Guys and Dolls. Jeannette enjoyed it more than me....I enjoyed the production by Trent College more.
This holiday we have pushed the boat out and travelled Club Class...so put on my dapper new jacket and chino's ready to join the rich and famous....but its not really like that...everyone looked so ordinary !
The last time we travelled Club Class on this route was a free upgrade so it was a matter of 'couldn't possibly accept another glass of Bollinger " but when you are paying for it....boy !
The night before we took the train into London to see Guys and Dolls. Jeannette enjoyed it more than me....I enjoyed the production by Trent College more.
This holiday we have pushed the boat out and travelled Club Class...so put on my dapper new jacket and chino's ready to join the rich and famous....but its not really like that...everyone looked so ordinary !
The last time we travelled Club Class on this route was a free upgrade so it was a matter of 'couldn't possibly accept another glass of Bollinger " but when you are paying for it....boy !
Friday 16 February 2007
National Express
To-days the day.....Julie will pick us up at about 11.45 and deliver us to East Midlands Airport.Not as grand as it sounds because that is where we pick up the National Express coach bound for Heathrow.
The good side is that once on the coach we will be deposited directly outside Terminal 4.
The downside is that travel by coach and customer service is reminiscent of pre Thatcher Britain.
After waiting in the rain/snow/wind and whatever else ...the coach will turn up late and a surly driver will throw your baggages into the hold resenting the fact that you are encroaching on his 'fag' time. This will be followed by a Grand Prix start around the minor roads before reaching the motorway and settling into a steady 40mph all the way to Heathrow.
Oh well....its only 3.25 hours
The good side is that once on the coach we will be deposited directly outside Terminal 4.
The downside is that travel by coach and customer service is reminiscent of pre Thatcher Britain.
After waiting in the rain/snow/wind and whatever else ...the coach will turn up late and a surly driver will throw your baggages into the hold resenting the fact that you are encroaching on his 'fag' time. This will be followed by a Grand Prix start around the minor roads before reaching the motorway and settling into a steady 40mph all the way to Heathrow.
Oh well....its only 3.25 hours
Monday 12 February 2007
Still at Home
Just practicing....to add photos to the blogsite.
We do not leave home until Friday 17th Feb
Some may recognise the photo was taken on Boulders Beach near Cape Town.
We do not leave home until Friday 17th Feb
Some may recognise the photo was taken on Boulders Beach near Cape Town.
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