We went back to Cape Town where we stayed at the lovely Hotel Graeme again....
We walked around the city and saw an unbelievable crowd going to see a soccer game...you could hear them all the way on the waterfront cheering...
Down on the Waterfront Wally, Amanda, Katy, Abbi, Seth and I had some lunch...well, if you call huge pieces of cake lunch, Amanda and Seth...SOME of us had lunch and some of us had dessert only...That's ok, that's what vacation is for!
It was really beautiful at the Waterfront...the weather was gorgeous and the mountains loomed all around...
Table mountain in background...
The stadium where a huge event was going on...
Abbi, Katy, Wally, Amanda and Seth....The Fantastic Five!
Walking back it was getting dark, but it was pretty to see all the lights and the silhouettes of the mountains...
Table mountain looked mystical with clouds hovering at the top...
Gorgeous sunset...
Back at the Hotel Graeme, Dominique and her family had an American style dinner for us as a farewell dinner. She and her family were so gracious and lovely...
Sharing stories of our time together and exchanging information so that we could keep in touch....
Seth managed to help keep us from wasting any food...he is a human eating machine!
Dominique's brother and sister-in-law talk with Jimi and Christi...
What an awesome bunch of kids!!! Loved every minute with you guys!!
The next morning at the crack of dawn, a bunch of us decided to go to the top of Table Mountain. We had heard it was definitely worth going up if at all possible. We weren't disappointed!
Wally, Amanda, Abbi, Katy and Seth riding up in the cable car...
The view from the top was breathtaking!! You can see all of Cape Town...the stadium is on the far left by the water...
Majestic!
Wally and I...the Cape of Good Hope in the background...
View from the other side of the mountain...
There was a panoramic view that was unbelievable!
Stone building at the top of the mountain...
More majestic views....
Amanda, Wally and Seth high above Cape Town...
Lion's Head mountain below...It looks like it's the same size as Table Mountain from the ground, but you can see it's MUCH smaller...
Me, Wally and Diana...
Cape of Good Hope in background...It was originally called the Cape of Storms because of the treacherous rocks that caused so many ships to wreck here...but it was renamed the Cape of Good Hope in anticipation of opening a sea route to the east...
Last look at the Hotel Graeme....
John, Dominique and Tom...
Goodbye guys! It was time to start our long travels home....
What an amazing trip with fantastic people! I shall never forget it!
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