Life Without A Schedule
By Lothar. Filed in South Africa |
So far we have been immensely enjoying our time together. Especially since there is not always a schedule to keep. We have been on the road and with each other now every day for more than 100 days and still having a lot of fun.
Yesterday we entered a restaurant on the Cape Town Victoria Wharf at 3:30PM with the intention to have ice cream and coffee. Instead we ended up having a nice Italian meal( of course accompanied by Cape wine ) and I was asleep at 8 PM. The only drawback was that I woke up at 4 AM today and was not tired any more. This morning we checked out of our hotel in Cape Town and had planned to drive to the beach. While in the car we changed our mind and visited the beautiful Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden at the base of the Table Mountain range. I am not a huge fan of botany, but this place is great. It starts at an altitude of 100 meters and goes up the mountain slope to 1000 meters. They have all kind of flora, ranging from huge trees, flowers, succulents to desert shrubs. Now I know what an Aloe tree looks like. We hiked into the mountain and spent more time than anticipated. We never made it to the beach today! Instead we found a very picturesque bed-and-breakfast with our room overlooking the dark blue ocean at False Bay. (The beach where the shark attack took place last week) The B+B is run by a couple from Belgium, who had to leave Belgian Congo ( now Democratic Republic of Congo) about 20 years ago. They went back to Belgium, where he owned an automotive repair shop for a number of years. After getting tired off Belgium, they packed up and started this B+B here. It is amazing to see what some people do in a lifetime! In comparison, our lives have been pretty straightforward.
We are getting hungry and are heading for dinner now. No watch required!