Cape Town teaser

We are off to Cape Town again in October 2014 and my heart does a little skip every time I think about it.

We last visited Cape Town in 2011 as I was desperate to show my family where I grew up and to share with them the amazing places I still remembered.

The Castle of Good Hope - fascinating architecture and history of the settlement by the Dutch East India Company.

Aah Table Mountain. The views. The wind. Be warned...

Cape Point. Yes still windy...

What parent doesn't love a playground with dinner?

Delicious, simple and fun food at The Dunes, Hout Bay.

 

Boulders Beach. I used to swim here as a kid. Now its a penguin paradise. Not happy...

Fresh fish.

The waterfront

 

OMG. The Biscuit Mill in Woodstock has produce to die for.

St James Beach. I also used to swim here - Cape Town has plenty of mountains and beaches!

Dornier. More amazing food and yes, more mountains.

 

Too much good food is never enough. Lucky there is another playground here too.

Kirstenbosch gardens

Says it all really.

The  colours of Bo-Kaap

Betty's Bay on the way to Hermanus. More bloody penguins and some cormorants for good measure.

Looks like a good place for lunch. In a cave and on the rocks. Would never be allowed anywhere else in the world!

That WAS the table we wanted to sit at. Lunch at your own risk apparently.

Not the best photo but I'm pretty sure the only 'whale crier' in the world...

The gang looking for yet more whales.

Beautiful Hermanus. Whales and more good food.

 

Steenberg. More food, wine and mountains...

Did we really eat this much food. Apparently so...

Signal point.

The city. Can't wait to go back. SO much more to explore.

 
All photos copyright of Jane Burton.

If you've ever considered visiting Cape Town - just go. It is a truly unique melting pot of landscapes, food, people and fun all packaged into an extremely small geographical area. Yes I know - I should write an in-depth post about all the places we visited, stayed, ate and laughed. Someday…

Have you been? Is there somewhere amazing I'm missing and must see with the tribe when we go again?