Cape Town Day 1

Cape Town!

The next few posts will be all about Cape Town. They will be nothing fancy but they will give you an overview of our days. Maybe I will continue to go back to them and add more as time goes on but quick and simple is the name of the game for now. Most of the pictures will be posted on facebook, friend me if you want to see them!

Day 1

We started off the day bright and early at 3:20am. I got up and took a quick shower, finished packing and ate a small breakfast. Then Brady came to pick Cassie, Katy and me up at 4am to head to the airport. Check in and security were really easy at the airport and we were set to board our 6:05 flight. The two-hour flight went well and flew by compared to the flights to South Africa. When we landed in Cape Town we waited to meet up with Nicole who went to St. Francis Bay for a few days before. While we waited we got breakfast from Subway! I had a macon, egg and cheese sandwhich. Still not sure what macon is exactly. We then headed over to Avis to pick up our rental car. (I looked and it is a Chevrolet Spark. I made sure to check just for you Grandpa. J) Once we had our car we piled our bags and ourselves into it to make the drive to The Team House where we are staying. The Team House is great! They host missionaries and mission groups in Cape Town. Everyone here is so friendly and makes a personal effort to learn each of the guest’s names. We are staying in a room with a big walk in closet, spacious bathroom and bedroom with 4 twin-sized beds. Our view is the ocean for as far as we can see. It is perfect and we have a feeling that we are not going to want to leave. Once we got settled in and met a few of people who work at The Team House we got ready to check a few things off our site seeing list. We headed over to Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point. This area is the southwestern most point of Africa. Not to be confused with the southern most point of Africa. To get up to the lighthouse and see the best view, we made a one-mile hike uphill at Cape Point. It was so worth it once we got to the top. The view was breathtaking. We were able to see all of the mountains that surround the coast. Ocean and mountains all in the same breathtaking view! After these two stops we headed over to Boulder Beach or as it has become known to me, Penguin Beach. It really was a dream come true to walk the boardwalk and see these beautiful birds. I loved every minute of it and could have spent hours watching the penguins talk to each other, swim and walk along the coast. I am so glad that I was able to get there. After the penguins we walked to the Seaforth restaurant for some dinner. We could actually see some of the penguins from our table outside. It was perfect. I ordered the line catch of the day, which was blue Nose fish. It was very good. We ended our evening with a run to McDonalds for ice cream. It tasted exactly like home and that was so good. We then headed back to The Team House to enjoy our unlimited Internet and a beautiful sunset right outside our window. It was a great day and it was only day 1. We are very much looking forward to the next few days of this adventure!