Just after returning from Namibia, the Petoskey's descended on Cape Town for a visit! We had an awesome two weeks with Betsy, Bill, Cassie & Craig, complete with beaches, wine tastings, lots of card-playing, and a few big seafood meals.
Here are a few photos that I took during the visit.
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| Our makeshift Christmas tree! |
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| Wine tasting at Groot Constantia |
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| Day at the beach: preparing to bury Cassie. |
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| Looking good! |
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| We took the crew to a Saturday market and ate yummy food; this was a giant batch of paella (it was delicious). |
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| More wine tasting at Eagle's Nest. |
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| Scenic shots en route to Cape Point - you can see the Hottentot mountain range across False Bay on the left. |
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| Jim, Bill and Craig get ready to snorkel along the edge of a tide pool. |
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| Walking up to Cape Point's lighthouse |
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| Lizard ponders the wide blue yonder |
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| Hiking up to reservoirs on the top of Table Mountain. |
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| A New Year's Eve seafood lunch at the Strandloper beach side restaurant in Langebaan, on the shores of a lagoon. |
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| View from our table. |
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| The final course was crayfish!! These rock lobster, called crayfish here, are a big special meal on the West Coast. |
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| Lunched out. |
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| Watching the sunset in Paternoster on New Year's Eve! |
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| Catching the end of the sunset |
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| The beach in Paternoster. |
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| Another sunset. |
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| Another day: Franschoek Valley, looking down at the wineries and town. |
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| A peacock welcomes us out at a small game reserve. |
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