After our Table Mountain, we got a lunch table looking at Table Mountain, down on the V&A (Victoria and Albert) waterfront, which is a prime shopping, entertainment and dining destination in Cape Town. We were up to that mountain an hour ago! Cape Town is smaller than it seems.
We had some friends joining us for dinner - this bird who successfully plucked a french fry off our neighbors plate and swallowed it whole like a worm.
And this one who was also eyeing our meal.
We had a seal too, though he was more interested in sunbathing and posing for the lunch crowd paparazzi
He was ready for his closeup.
if you have been following along, you may remember that our wine tram in Franschhoek had to stop at every driveway and have the flag man get out to stop traffic. It turns out Thomas the (tourist friendly) train requires the same service and had his own flag bearer.
Though he sometimes has to push poor Thomas along.
The waterfront is very safe and tourist friendly, but a bit commercial for us. We wandered and people watched a bit.
Can’t escape Table Mountain in.Cape Town.
We then headed to seaside Moulle Point for the first of two ice cream cones today, this one with a view of Lions Head and the sea. We had to watch out for “errant” waves (the local parlance for waves splashing where they don’t belong ) but no riptides or errant waves could stop me from completing my cone mission.
We capped the day off with a walking tour of the Bo-Kaap neighborhood, historic and current home to much of the city Muslim population. Originally brought here as slaves from countries like Indonesia, Malaysia. India and Mozambique, this became the Muslim home base after slavery was ended here by the Brits in the 1800s. They paint their homes vibrant colors, and it’s a visual pleasure to wander around.
Some local kids were playing soccer with a tennis ball
But we just posed for a colorful photo. We had a nice tapas style dinner at Fork and a gelato around the corner, and headed back home. A busy day in Cape Town.
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