Cape Town

I haven't posted anything for ages and I feel it is high time I let you know what is going on down here. We are at Fiona's house in Cape Town at the moment and are spending Easter with her family. Fiona was my best friend when I was on exchange in South Africa in 2003. It is so nice to be back and spend time with her again. Yesterday she took us to the UCT (University of Cape Town) where whe studies marketing. The university is huge, we walked lots of stairs and had an absolutely amazing view of the whole city!
When we were still back in George, Martins BMW was in restoration for several days and it looks so stunning now! Martin is so proud to have such a beautiful 1970's car.
I had my last days at the playschool with an Easterhunt for the kids and lots of melted chocolate since it was such a hot day.
This was just a very brief update. I will write again soon.
We both wish you a very happy Easter!!!!

Sharks and Twin Engine

Last week Saturday Martin took Cobus, who is really into flying and wants to become a pilot after having finished high school, for a flight to Riversdale, Ladismith, Oudtshoorn and back to Mosselbay. From there I flew with him back to George. It was a beautiful day, the sea was clear and Martin spotted 5 huge sharks quite close to our beach in Little Brak. In George we visited the Outeniqua Expo (a fair that takes place once a year in George). People advertised their products, displayed garden arrangements, showed whirlpools, there were stunning flower arrangements, nicely decorated cakes, there were lots of take away wagons, a huge beer tent and rides. We tried one of the specialities, a chip stick and had a look around.
Since we had started to miss Panarottis we decided to pay it a visit. As always we enjoyed a mouth-watering meal with their special jalapeno bread and pizza and calzone.
After that we drove to the big cinema in the mall to watch “Good Luck Chuck”. It was quite a funny comedy and we loved it!
On Sunday we went to swim in the rock pools down at our beach. Not long ago we had discovered them and it is so refreshing to dive into that clear turquoise water, where one is save of sharks. Lots of people snorkel there, so there must be nice fish and shells as well. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day!
Today is similar to last week and we are planning to go down to the beach again. Martin is busy preparing for his Commercial Pilots Test.
The week passed by so quickly and we are already a bit worried that the end of our year is so close… I had two parties, which were cute and especially one family made a huge effort to make a party that the children enjoyed a lot and their little girls second birthday was really celebrated!
Martin had his first flight on a twin engine! This was an amazing experience for him. He loved the power this plane has, the speed… Since this was his instructors 1000 hour another instructor took photos of them, which I will display on the blog as soon as I get them.
P.S. You really have to go and watch Charlie Wilsons War. It is an interesting and still funny movie apparently based on a true story.