South African Adventures of the Hughes Family: April Vacation Part 2- Cape Town

Our friend Kelli said it best, heading to Cape Town which is SO different than Pretoria made it feel like two different vacations. So for the last part of their visit we spent it by the sea. Our friends from Pretoria had moved to Cape Town and they shared their incredible home with us for a few days.

They are steps off the beach in this beautiful little seaside town called Kalk Bay.

Their house is straight out of a magazine!

The kids liked walking down to the shops in the town. Many bikers also ride the route, the girls were very excited to tell us about the sweaty biker they had snapped a photo of....see above!

Kelly and I enjoyed watching sunrise or sunset from their deck! Anything it was gorgeous!

They had beautiful tall palm trees...

These were the beautiful flowers at the bottom of the palm trees!

Kelly & Mason riding the big red bus...they give you earphones & tell you about the area. Katie read her book, she said it was her third trip on the bus so she knows the narration by now. We did a nice stop at the V&A Waterfront, but before that Charlie and I jumped out at his favorite cool playground. The rain came and soaked us and we had to get back on the bus. I couldn't run to catch it with my bad ankle so he had to zoom ahead and stop the bus for us, he did it and was so proud! All the passengers smiled at us when we got on, they must have watched him running for a block or so!

Our friend Jake loved the World of Birds and Monkeys so we decided to get off the bus there. We missed the monkeys but the birds were everywhere and you walk through their cages. The girls thought the owls were creepy.

I don't know what this guy is called but look at the colors!

This ones for you James Barata...I think these are your scarlet ibis from the National Zoo!!

We were in the "cannot control" must turn back group...especially with the one in the photo!

Another great South Africa sign...maybe its good the monkey cage was closed for the day.

They had these cool flowers all around and even for sale. The flowers here are really like nowhere else!

We went to see the penguins on our last day there with Kelli & Mason, it was crazy windy as a big storm was approaching. The seas were incredible. These penguins were hanging out in the ladies room to get out of the wind!

Watch this little guy hop and Charlie says he needs to learn how to read!

Sadly it was time for Kelli & Mason to head back home, we were sad to see them go but glad they came and had us go to so many incredible places!

Our friends live down the street from the most amazing surfing beach in Muizenberg. They spend Sat mornings with wetsuits and boogie boards. The Hughes kids were only too happy to join them. What a beautiful way to spend a Saturday morning. No dashing out of the house for a morning soccer game...just surf pace, we drank coffee and people watched...incredible!