We have decided its a beautiful day to visit Table Mountain. I see rows of cars glinting in the sunlight up there. Maybe not such a good idea.
When we approach about a mile down the road, we’re told there is no parking higher up. Not hard to make a decision not to take the funicular up there. But we do take the road along the mountaintop to its end, before a huge gully stops the road - and we have splendid views of the city from all angles, over False Bay down the Cape Peninsula, Robben Island and the beaches.
We take off for the scenic drive down the west side of the peninsula to Cape Point and Cape of Good Hope. We stop at Hout Bay and abandon lunch plans when we find the hake is frozen - and we get a snotty response when we don’t order the most expensive fish on the menu. However, we do find the fresh fish market on the pretty and colorful fishing pier and buy lovely hake, which is boned and skinned for us on the spot. Also a bag of mussels.
Further south we find a nice deli and enjoy quiche, salads, buy a pear/almond pie from the great bakery.
Back at 5, we enjoy our deck and read followed by smoked trout and champagne. Then mussels and CB and pie and ice cream. This resto is not so bad.
Don & Kathy are heading home from California today, and missing us at the La Quinta hotel in Vegas. Poor them!
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