The week has flown by. Finally I'm able to upload some photos and add an entry. Firstly we want to send condolences to our friends Rey and Laura on the loss of their father this week. Secondly we want to applaud Manitoba for the decision to honour their founding father Louis Riel and the civic holiday. Thirdly we wish a happy anniversary to my brother and sister and a happy birthday to my cousin Petey.



Finally we get to the meat of the blog.
We've been up and down and around the peninsula this week. Starting with Simon's Town on Saturday, the waterfront on Sunday, Hout Bay and seal island on Monday, Canal Walk and the movie "Ratatoulie" on Monday, to Cape of Good Hope and Kirstenbosch Gardens on Tuesday, then to Betty's Bay to see the penguins and Hermanus yesterday to see the whales. We constantly are surprised when we see the whales so close to shore and doing their thing, lobtailing, sailing and breaching. We've had three encounters this week already. Sometime we see as many as seven at a time. We've also enjoyed good fish this week, sampled South African food and wine and enjoyed the scenery and the weather.
We're off tomorrow to Pilanesberg National Park in the northwest province for six days of R and R. We hope to see some African wildlife.

Grandparent's visit

Monday morning, it is Heritage Day (as well as National Braii Day). Mom and Dad survived the first few days here and are on childcare duty for an hour while we finish some work. McDonald's for breakfast is an easy way to pass the time. On Saturday we made a short trip to Simon's Town for supper, saw whales (a whole lot of them) on the way, hit the Aquarium to see some sharks being fed and watched a jazz concert at the outdoor amphiteather while dining. It's great to have them here.
Carla had a great conference in Kenya last week. I seemed to survive the week with the kids as well. The rugby windup helped, six big braii pits going full of good eats.
WE are planning on doing the major tourist visits during this week while the kids are out of school such as visiting Cape Point, Kirstenbosch, (did the waterfront yesterday), etc. Thanks to all those well wishes that were passed along and the cards and the zoat and the other gifts. They were well received and very much appreciated!