Category Archives: Being a Tourist in Cape Town

Capturing Kalk Bay

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Helga

Sunday Today we walked through Kalk Bay. We parked at Clovelly and walked along the Main Rd. Such a lovely walk. On the way we passed a house being built behind the current house. This is exactly what we will … Continue reading →

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Beach Day!

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Helga

Wednesday From early this morning I decided it would be a good day to swim in the sea! I got some work done first and eventually by 12 noon, Mike and I set off. We parked at the beach and … Continue reading →

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Super Hot Saturday

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Helga

Saturday September is spring in Cape Town, but today it seemed Spring gave way to Summer and the temperature went up to 30, at least in the City Bowl.  This morning, I woke up really early (before 5am) and looked … Continue reading →

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Living With Less

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Helga

Saturday It is true that you get to a certain age when the building up of a home and life that happens when you are a young adult gives way to scaling down. This is for me anyway. It may … Continue reading →

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Elsie is Feeling Better

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Helga

Wednesday I woke a few times in the night wondering if Stacey and Elsie were getting any sleep at all. This morning the news came that they had about three hours sleep. Elsie’s tummy issues were not resolved so she … Continue reading →

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I Touched the Top of a Lighthouse!

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Helga

Sunday Well it looked like I did. Mike and I took an afternoon walk to Kommetjie Lighthouse and we had some fun… Mike pushing it into the sea… Then I took a whole lot of photos of Kommetjie Lighthouse from … Continue reading →

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33

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Helga

Friday 33 years ago Mike and I said “I do!” And we happily have. Today we went to Groot Constantia for breakfast with Julian and David. It was a lovely day. This is the restaurant… The long main drive to … Continue reading →

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Hello Cape Town!

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Helga

Sunday Today we decided to go for a drive and see Camps Bay. We went Chapman’s Peak Drive and stopped a number of time, although this first photo was taken from the car as we slowly drove up Chappies. Noordhoek … Continue reading →

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A Day for Us

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Helga

Sunday Today was a day for Mike and I. We decided to go to beautiful Scarborough. I don’t know if we have walked on this beach together before. It was a majestic winters day in Cape Town.  Just look at … Continue reading →

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Walking Through Field and Forest

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Helga

That’s what we did today. It has been a good day off with just a smidgen of work. Mike wanted to practice golf, so he headed to Simon’s Town. Julian and I talked about walking in the Silvermine reserve but … Continue reading →

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Waiting a Little Longer…

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Helga

I woke up around 3am and checked my phone. The ship was still parked off Three Anchor Bay. It still hadn’t moved by 7am and the wind was howling. We had expected to wake up on Friday morning on the … Continue reading →

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Hit & Run

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Helga

The day began early. I had planned to go swim at the gym so just after 6-30am, I was in the pool doing laps. 60 minutes later, I showered and drove home. Mike was in from his run and he … Continue reading →

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Visiting the Aquarium

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Helga

I have not visited the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town for YEARS! Today we did! I planned it a while ago and didn’t tell Julian where we were going. We left home around 3pm and drove through to the … Continue reading →

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Horse Riding on Noordhoek Beach

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Helga

This is something I have wanted to do for years. David made it happen! He picked me up at 8am and we were soon on our way along a track to the beach… Through the wetlands… The path narrows and … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Gift

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Helga

This morning Mike and I were almost home after having breakfast with Julian, when Mike’s cell phone rang. He was driving, so I answered it. It was Take-a-lot saying he was standing outside with our package. I didn’t know we … Continue reading →

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