Reminiscing and Remembering
I returned from a
short holiday in Cape Town just over five weeks ago, where Brian and I had a
wonderful seaside apartment in Bloubergstrand with
amazing views of Table
Mountain and Robben
Island.
The last time we were
in this area was probably about six years ago, when we boarded a tour bus to
visit wine estates in Paarl and Franschhoek. Bloubergstrand presents one of the
best views of Table Mountain; you see the table as it is, which is why an area
of Bloubergstrand is called Table
View.
On one of the
beautiful long walks on the beach, I did get sunburnt on my lips, the front
edges of my hands on the side of my thumbs and forefingers, and the tips of my
big toes. I could not believe that at barely 19° Celsius, as winter was coming
to an end, I could be that susceptible, but there I was.
All That Jazz
Cape Town city centre
is about 15 kilometres from Bloubergstrand. We could have ventured onto the MyCiTi buses but stuck with
Uber rides. For church, we found a multicultural, international Pentecostal
church that was both welcoming and exciting. The coffee makers exhibited skills
on a par with, or even better than, Starbucks quality.
One of the many
highlights of our time together was discovering that Chicago, the musical, was
playing at ArtScape. We booked tickets and attended, where we were feted for
our dressing and some patrons asked to take pictures either of us or with us.
During the
performance, a gay couple behind us were the better part of a nuisance, singing
along to the songs to the point of irritation. We did not complain, but at the
end, they both came to say hello, apologised for being noisy, and then gave us
their programmes on noticing we had not bought one. You never know what comes
from keeping your cool.
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