Day 68

In 2 weeks time we will be saying all are goodbyes and packing are bags ready to leave. These last 10 weeks have flown by, and as much as I'm looking forward to going home and seeing everyone again I will miss Cape Town. Today was our day off and we were invited by Lourens to go on a little trip, we haven't spent much time with him or Wasima and it was their way of making sure they spent some quality time with us before we leave.

We met them at 9am inside Cape Town station where we would find our train and take the long journey to Simons Town. Now we had an excuse for looking slightly confused by the station and the train times etc, we may have been here a while but we aren't locals yet, after some discussion between the 3 of them they decided on which train we needed to take. The train to about 90minutes, it took us past Newlands cricket and rugby stadiums and then past some other places that had great views. We got off the train and started walking into the town. We a hotel called the British hotel which made us think of home, for some reason we started talking about tea and scones and it was decided that we would find a nice cafe to have a traditional English scones. We found a nice place that did different cakes and pastries, all five of us went for scones with jam and cream and a nice cuppa. I do miss a good cuppa, I don't know if it's the teabags, the milk or the water but it's just not right out here. Anyway it was really nice and the scones were huge and really filling. We then walked on a bit and found Arsenal street so we felt even more at home. Lourens and Wasima had decided we would go to Muizenberg (think that's how you spell it) for some lunch. Simons town is a really nice area and there is a British feel to the place, I don't know why, maybe it was just the hotel and scones but to me minus the mountain you could easily have been walking through an old town back home. Simons town also has a museum, a navy base and is home to the penguins that we visited before so I can see why it might attract the tourists.

We got to the station and our train was waiting for us, you think the London Underground is unreliable then you should try the Cape Town metro rail. I think the locals would agree. So it was nice to see the train there. We made the short trip down the coast where we then got off and went for lunch. Wasima chose a nice place by the beach. Lots of surfers and people going in the sea. Apparently sharks swim these waters so I'll give that a miss. We all had a nice meal, I think Lourens was disappointed there was no fish and chips on the menu but we enjoyed the food. We finished up and headed back. 

After waiting half an hour for a train we found a seat and got comfortable, some more than others, Harry took the opportunity to have a little nap. The residents at Berghof are rubbing off on him. We arrived back in Cape Town an hour later where we found the car and Lourens dropped us off back at Berghof. It had been a nice day and nice to see Joe, Lourens and Wasima outside of the office. I'd definitely recommend taking the train down that way if you were in Cape Town. Some great views and beaches. A return ticket only costs £1.50 as well so not bad.

Back to work tomorrow and we have our 2nd from last crèche session. I've really enjoyed the crèches and after Wednesday they'll all be over. The count down is really on now.