The sunset the night before we left (29 March)
We had a good flight down on Monday the 30th, picked up our rental car and drove through to Keith's sister Heather's place in Durbanville where we spent the rest of the week.
Tuesday morning we went through to Canal Walk shopping centre and Aaron and I spent most of the day in the MTN Sciencentre... absolutely fabulous place. We did break for lunch at John Dory's where Aaron spied some chopsticks in the cutlery basket and decided he had to eat his fish fingers with chopsticks.
The afternoon we each went our own way (with me sneaking some photos)... we had fun building a HUGE floor puzzle of the map of Africa.
Once home Aaron got acquainted with his cousin Kaylin... 7 months old. She is absolutely delightful and laughs so easily at Aaron's antics... especially with him running around the garden on her horse!
Wednesday morning we found Cool Runnings and had a ball doing the downhill tobaggan.... for someone who does not like fast/high things.... ie I DO NOT do rollercoasters.... this was FUN!!! As Aaron is under 8 he had to go with an adult.... we bought 3 rides (cheaper) and so he got to go twice with Daddy and once with Mommy.
We then took a drive out to Bloubergstrand and took a walk along the beach. I snapped a photo of Keith & Aaron to update one I had taken years ago when we visited a similar beach when Aaron was 1.
Once home and the kids were bathed, Aaron read Kaylin her new book
We then took a drive out to Bloubergstrand and took a walk along the beach. I snapped a photo of Keith & Aaron to update one I had taken years ago when we visited a similar beach when Aaron was 1.
Once home and the kids were bathed, Aaron read Kaylin her new book
Thursday morning we trekked out to Butterfly World.... I really loved this place and got to play with my camera and took LOTS of photos of the different butterflies and moths. Aaron also spied the largest butterfly that is at Butterfly World... the Owl Butterfly (Bottom centre)
For lunch we made our way to Fairview Wine Farm where there is The Goatshed restaurant.... we shared a cheese platter and sampled various cheeses that they produce, including goats milk cheese... yummy
We then attempted to go to Blue Rock near Strand, but were disappointed in that it was closed for two days for a company team build, plus it was blowing something awful... so we just headed back home and Aaron had a swim!
Friday morning we picked up my niece, Veronica, after she had finished school and took her to Canal Walk. We had lunch at Spur... shared food off the kiddies menu.... I think the waitress must have thought we were mad!
After lunch we went down to the kiddies entertainment and Aaron and Veronica learnt a little on how to juggle.... they will definately have to practice some more!
The whole reason we went to Canal Walk was for Aaron to ride the train that they advertised. Well we did just that.... but I think it was a rip off.... R10 for 5 minutes!!! Literally!! But he did have fun!
Now we still had afternoon to fill and not enough time to go up Table Mountain as we had planned, so we headed instead for Ratanga Junction.... took a Fun Pass and got to ride the train (again!) and the canal boat.... in effect we did two trips on each..... a round trip twice around the whole place. By the time we were done riding the park was closing.... good use of an afternoon.
Saturday was our last day of the holiday. Thomas & Heather took us through to Franschhoek for the morning.... a lovely drive to a very quaint village.... we browsed all the shops, had lunch there and made it back home by 3pm in time for us to take some last minute pics before heading for the airport.
Again we had a good flight home. Aaron hogged the window seat so when he saw a beautiful sunset I just passed him my camera to take some pics...
And thus we got back to Jhb. My folks fetched us, we got pizzas for supper, spent the night with them and after church this morning Keith and I headed for home.
For lunch we made our way to Fairview Wine Farm where there is The Goatshed restaurant.... we shared a cheese platter and sampled various cheeses that they produce, including goats milk cheese... yummy
We then attempted to go to Blue Rock near Strand, but were disappointed in that it was closed for two days for a company team build, plus it was blowing something awful... so we just headed back home and Aaron had a swim!
Friday morning we picked up my niece, Veronica, after she had finished school and took her to Canal Walk. We had lunch at Spur... shared food off the kiddies menu.... I think the waitress must have thought we were mad!
After lunch we went down to the kiddies entertainment and Aaron and Veronica learnt a little on how to juggle.... they will definately have to practice some more!
The whole reason we went to Canal Walk was for Aaron to ride the train that they advertised. Well we did just that.... but I think it was a rip off.... R10 for 5 minutes!!! Literally!! But he did have fun!
Now we still had afternoon to fill and not enough time to go up Table Mountain as we had planned, so we headed instead for Ratanga Junction.... took a Fun Pass and got to ride the train (again!) and the canal boat.... in effect we did two trips on each..... a round trip twice around the whole place. By the time we were done riding the park was closing.... good use of an afternoon.
Saturday was our last day of the holiday. Thomas & Heather took us through to Franschhoek for the morning.... a lovely drive to a very quaint village.... we browsed all the shops, had lunch there and made it back home by 3pm in time for us to take some last minute pics before heading for the airport.
Again we had a good flight home. Aaron hogged the window seat so when he saw a beautiful sunset I just passed him my camera to take some pics...
And thus we got back to Jhb. My folks fetched us, we got pizzas for supper, spent the night with them and after church this morning Keith and I headed for home.
Once home I unpacked, did washing and read my book till it was finished. It's been a great day to reminise about our holiday too!
3 comments:
Oh wow, it really looks like you made the absolute most of your CT trip. Love the pic at Blouberg Strand. Forgot to mention re your previous post, I just love the barbets. You are very fortunate to have a whole family of them in your garden. Hugs from Desire
Looks like you all had a good time. I love CT!
You have captured some fabulous memories here Cathy!
You sure packed a lot in & managed to do a ton of exciting things.
I'm so impressed with Aaron's chopstick skills, I'm completely useless in that department, maybe he can give me some lessons... LOL ;oP
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