eurafrique revisited #7: the new sitting area

on libby’s last day in town, she gathered the materials to make a nice sitting area in the corner of my apartment that had been ‘dead’ for months:

since she left, the chairman helped me to make it even nicer:

eurafrique revisited #6: sunsets

we did lots of watching sunsets. here’s some photos of them…

the chairman and i watched the sun set from table view before picking libby up from the airport:

sea point is the best place to watch the sun set:

eurafrique revisited#5: the ewok village

i took libby on a surprise two day trip to the tree tops, a village of cabins suspended in the trees near a citrus farm, and connected with wooden bridges. it was a really silly, restful time…

starting with the silly, here’s round one of multiple rounds of absurd trivia competition:

and further silliness, here’s some footage of our trampoline adventures:

here’s the citrus farm:

the ewok bridge:

the view from our dining area:

we went swimming at a thermal bath, with a bunch of old boer ladies who stared at us:

there was one close-call of possible danger (for us, and not just bear…), but even this ended up silly:

eurafrique revisited #4: cape point

on the way to cape point, we saw some sleepy baboons:

at cape point, we went first to my favorite overlook spot:

then down the path out to the lighthouse:

and libby celebrated being at the ‘bottom of the world,’ or close:

we sat and watched the sun set near the point:

back in cape town, we had a great meal at the top of bo-kaap and looked down on the city at night. we found not only libby, but the whole nation had become a ghost:

eurafrique revisited #3: freedom day

freedom day, the anniversary of the first democratic elections in south africa, was spend filling our time with adventures…

first, we biked up to bo-kaap, in search of food:

then we enjoyed deer park, up a different hill in cape town:

then we saw desmond tutu give a speech:

then we made homemade pesto and bad chocolate cake with the chairman hjof: