We’ve booked into Canal Quays serviced apartments and find checkin doesn’t occur until 2pm so, weary and grubby, we sit in the pleasant reception for an hour or so til our unit is ready. It’s a lovely groundfloor 1-bedroom apartment ($180 a night) well looked after by 24 hour desk staff, 24/7 management office staff, a dedicated underground parking spot for the apartment and lovely friendly staff everywhere. It’s huge and airy with a private balcony the length of our backyard.
We’ve all read about the water shortage in CT so are surprised their wee pool is open but notices everywhere remind us not to use water unnecessarily, 2 minute showers, reuse your towels, etc. and we are OK with that.
I’m relieved we will spend this winter in a country that speaks English. But it’s a different version of the one we know! We have to listen carefully at times to the sing-song accents and intonations of the many different tribal tongues here.
After showering and settling in a bit, we don shorts and Ts to take a walk along the canals to the V&A Waterfront which is a huge entertainment district. We find the supermarket and overshop for basics since it’s a 25 minute walk back along the canals. This whole port area has been given a facelift. There is absolutely no security issue here but our canal path back to our apartment is gate closed at 7pm before sundown.
WE stop off in one of the many shopping areas for local draft beer and a dozen lovely oysters. Surprisingly, they are not the famed Knyzna (pronounced Nysna) oysters but come from Namibia! Then FishNChips at another booth which we eat sitting watching the mini London Eye and all the entertainment action with a backdrop of Table Mountain!
We get home at drop into the huge bed with cloudlike comforter and pillows and pass out for about 10 hours.
We’ve all read about the water shortage in CT so are surprised their wee pool is open but notices everywhere remind us not to use water unnecessarily, 2 minute showers, reuse your towels, etc. and we are OK with that.
I’m relieved we will spend this winter in a country that speaks English. But it’s a different version of the one we know! We have to listen carefully at times to the sing-song accents and intonations of the many different tribal tongues here.
After showering and settling in a bit, we don shorts and Ts to take a walk along the canals to the V&A Waterfront which is a huge entertainment district. We find the supermarket and overshop for basics since it’s a 25 minute walk back along the canals. This whole port area has been given a facelift. There is absolutely no security issue here but our canal path back to our apartment is gate closed at 7pm before sundown.
WE stop off in one of the many shopping areas for local draft beer and a dozen lovely oysters. Surprisingly, they are not the famed Knyzna (pronounced Nysna) oysters but come from Namibia! Then FishNChips at another booth which we eat sitting watching the mini London Eye and all the entertainment action with a backdrop of Table Mountain!
We get home at drop into the huge bed with cloudlike comforter and pillows and pass out for about 10 hours.
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