Weekend Pursuits

Saturday

So we had planned on jumping out of a plane.. With a parachute of course! And I wanted to be able to talk about it and write a blog about it afterwards to prevent my family from worrying too much beforehand. It was a good job I didn't mention it because in the end our jump was cancelled! We traveled for an hour to the air strip waited for another 2 hours there only to be told the wind had picked up to such an extent that they had to cancel the rest of the jumps for the day.

So we headed back home a little dejected after wasting 250 ZAR on transport in addition to not getting our adrenalin rush fix. So instead we decided to transform a poor start to the weekend into a great Saturday afternoon. So I bought some veg, cheese, nutella and strawberries and made a vegetarian rice salad with a sweet chilli dressing. I only mention it because I was dead impressed in how it turned out! We then took that picnic to Kristenbosch botanical gardens- a world famous botanical garden that has been recommend to me multiple times.

It didn't disappoint, a vast beautiful garden became our playground. Huge trees with contorted branches rose into the sky. We got to walk in amongst the canopy on a raised wooden bridge, looking out over the park. And then wander around admiring brightly coloured flowering bushes and plants as well as Zulu statues - which were kind of freaky.. But in a good way!

Sunday

A lazy morning meant that we had finished brunch by 11:30 so we only had an afternoon left to fill! (But the posh beans on toast I had were delicious.) So we went to Camps Bay to sit and enjoy the glorious sunshine which was desperately welcome after a dismal past week. I expected the sea to be lovely and warm due to the sunshine but it was freezing! As in I let out a little girly scream when a wave managed to swell far enough up the beach touch my feet, not my manliest moment.

For our afternoon meal we got some seafood, to tie into the beach trip, and sushi by the beach is pretty amazing. Although we were still pretty full from brunch!

A pretty short extract from this weekend, but my mid week post about the project will be a good one I promise! Holiday clubs at the foster centres and a GAPA field trip around Cape Town (today) which I can tease you with and say was INCREDIBLE - so much fun and the kids and grannies are such sweet hearts!

Until next time! Love to you all back at home xx