It’s sunny and 20 again so we head off south to Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope. We return via Constantia then head west on a gorgeous coastal drive with long beaches and big surf for the adventurous kite surfers.
We stop in at pretty community of Kommetjie then drive to the Cape Point National Park. Its gonna set non-nationals back $30 a pop and there’s a big lineup to just drive into the park 13k before the Point. We demur and decide to return and enjoy the coastal drive again. The bottom of the African world can wait.
Back to the farm resort above Kommetjie, we find the Blue Water Cafe overlooking a lovely agricultural area (penned horses and ostriches) out to the ocean. We sit at wood picnic tables and enjoy beers and hake/prawns (me) and soup. Even tho I specify “nothing spicy” the lovely prawns come coated in a sweet chili sauce! Our waiter quickly replaces them with delicious big butter sautéed prawns and brings me a box to take the others home for Ted to enjoy later. Thoughtful.
After returning home, we take a long walk to a special African Art store down infamous Long Street. I find some nice souvenirs but we have an uneasy walk home though beggars, druggies and hard drinkers on this early Friday evening.
Back home we enjoy salad, Ted to savor the spicy prawns and me to add prosciutto. We are still enjoying the chocolate pate/pecan pie and have finally drunk the late harvest wine we bought on our first Paarl visit and have carried everywhere since.
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