Quiet in Cape Town

Yesterday Laura, Aylin, Kathrin, and I traveled to Cape Town. It was Sunday (8.2.15). Even for a big city, Cape Town is quiet on Sunday. Many shops and restaurants are closed. 

We experienced two seasons in one day. Morning and night were winter, afternoon was summer. We left Stellenbosch in winter coats and scarves. By lunch we were taking everything off, putting our hair up, and sweating while eating outside in the sun, and by the time we were back home in Stellenbosch it was time for the coats again. 

We had a wonderful time!

Me. 

Laura. Me. (Table Mountain is behind us).

Kathrin. Laura. Me. Aylin. 

Laura. Kathrin. Aylin.
Right: A woman we met living in New York who is from Istanbul. She offered to take pictures of us together which was really nice :-D 

Me. Laura. Aylin. Kathrin. 

Me. Laura. Aylin. Kathrin. 

Wifi Trouble

Unfortunately uploading pictures is taking a long time tonight. I wanted to share our whole weekend with you, Saturday and Sunday, but I only got up to Saturday thus far. Check back tomorrow for our Sunday in Cape Town photos.

It is late and I will go to bed soon. The weekend fun is over, and it is back to work and school!

Thanks to all who have been following my blog so far. It makes me incredibly happy to know people are following what is going on over here. Please keep following, and share or remind people to read the blog who may have forgotten. Thank you and I hope everyone is well :-D

Boulders Bay Penguin Colony 8.1.15

Laura. Aylin. Kathrin. Me. 

Penguins. 

Hello there...

Me. Laura. 

Hiking past Cape of Good Hope

After arriving at the famous Cape of Good Hope sign where many line up to get their pictures taken, you can take a hike up to the rocks overlooking the ocean. Thankfully we arrived early enough before people started unloading from tourist busses. We officially saw the sign, continued to hike, and enjoyed the gorgeous weather. Any day in short sleeves is a good day for us!!!

Aylin. Me. 

Laura. Me. 

Laura. me. 

Aylin. Laura. 

Laura. Aylin. Me. 

Kathrin. Aylin. Me. 

Laura. (Love this picture of her) :-D

The Girls. Laura, Aylin, and me

Laura! 

Aylin. 

Me.

Cape of Good Hope

Aylin. Laura. Kathrin. Me. 

Aylin. Laura. Kathrin. Me. 

Aylin. Laura. Kathrin. Me. 

Ostrich 8.1.15

The following stories and pictures posted happened over the weekend (August 1st and 2nd 2015). A couple of the girls decided to rent a car and invited Laura and me to go. We said yes and our adventures continued to the Cape of Good Hope, Boulders Bay Penguin Colony, Cape Town, Bo Kaap, the V&A Waterfront in Capetown, and more. 

We started about 9AM Saturday morning. Aylin was driving. She was so nervous she was shaking in the beginning. She is from Germany and also not used to driving on the left side of the road. She got used to it fairly quickly, but still asked us to double check for her at every turn and roundabout. It is teamwork to drive on the lefthand side. Between help, English, German, and a stick shift on the left hand side...we did well. 

Right before reaching the Cape of Good Hope we ran into this fellow, the ostrich. As you can see he was about one foot away from the road. We stopped and took pictures. I never thought I would see a wild ostrich so close in my life. It was awesome :) 

Kathrin. Me. 

My friend, Ostrich.