Merry Christmas to all our readers. We are sitting here in the sunshine in shorts and T-shirts, and it just 8am. It is going to be very hot today. We are still enjoying ourselves, and have no desire to return to England. Hopefully, the fog will stay at Heathrow for a couple of months – so we won’t be able to fly back!
The girls have gone back home now, we had some good fun with them and they enjoyed themselves. We are told it was a short walk into town across the beach, so we thought that we would do it with the children. They could collect shells to make their pictures with. It wasn’t as short as we had anticipated – it was about 4 kms – so they were very tired when we arrived. I then had to walk back to the apartment and collect the car, so I could bring them back –
Linda has been teaching them to roast marshmallows on the Braai and then put them between chocolate biscuits, although Apple would just eat the marshmallow as soon as you put it on her fork.
We also went to Cape St Francis and visited the Lighthouse – where they have penguins that have been washed out on the shore. They are rehabilitated being released into the sea. They have a nice coffee shop there – and the children had chocolate cake, and Linda chocolate cheese cake - which I am told was very nice. We also have seen this week – a seal which came into the port, several dolphins in the bay – and a tortoise crossing the road. Since Apple, Orange and Grapes have gone, it seems rather quiet, and the apartment quite spacious.
We are now regulars in the coffee shop in the village, and they know I like a latte without even asking. There is also a fish shop – that does nice calamari, hake and tiger prawns – so we are eating very healthily.
The village has been busy, but no real sign of Christmas. Port Elizabeth is different, as it was very busy when we passed through there earlier in the week. The shops were packed, and people everywhere – we did our bits and left quickly.
We are looking forward to Christmas day on the beach followed by a nice braai. I know where to buy the springbok for it.
Have a nice day – and hope its not too cold and foggy where you are.
Simon and Linda