Technically our last day for sight seeing around Cape Town today was kind of a mop up day. So far we haven’t hit two of the major sightseeing spots of Cape Town – Table Mountain and Robben Island. Unfortunately as I’ve mentioned previously the wild and windy weather coupled with the increased crowd numbers for both Easter and the Two Oceans Marathon meant that getting up to Table Mountain and out to Robben Island proved to be an impossibility this time around. I was also conscious that as this was the day before race day we probably shouldn’t be doing anything too strenuous that would either wear out or injure Jules out!

• Kirstenbosch Gardens. Botanical gardens are always a hit and miss affair. Kirstenbosch was indeed beautiful and also very gigantic. However, for those ordinary folk who aren’t super keen on flowers, its probably better to use the Kirstenbosh for a picnic or even to take advantage of the open air concerts they have during the summer on a Sunday afternoon. The most interesting “attraction” was the innovative trail for blind people. It was an interesting exercise to put ourselves in the shoes of non-seeing people for once.

• V&A Waterfront. We met up with Anita at the V&A Waterfront for a bit of a seafood lunch and also to take a cruise out on to the water. The waterfront always seems to have a lot of hustle and bustle and definitely has lots of character despite being slightly touristy. The buskers with their traditional music were well entertaining and there was also and amphitheatre for small concerts/performances. Today’s event seemed to involve a band-off of sorts. Or so that’s what it looked like anyway! There are some notable things of interest to see including Nobel Square which hosts statues with giant heads to honour South Africa’s first fosur Noble Peace Prize Laureates: Nkosi Albert Luthuli, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Former State President FW De Klerk and Former President Nelson Mandela. There was also the Ice Bar where we dropped by for a visit. It was unfortunately a bit early for drinking (as it was just past noon) but it was still fun to be inside. Lunch was an interesting affair and involved a race with the surrounding seagulls to finish off our food. The final scoreline was Seagulls 2 – Humans 0 (with the seagulls “scoring” against both Anita and Julian.) The cruise was fairly nice but was not the best substitute for missing out on Robben Island but at least we got out on to the water.