Oh Cape Town
It's all but obligatory to rant and rave about Cape Town. It's one of those cities that everyone who visits loves. It's beautiful, laid-back, warm (so I've been told, I'm freezing) and definitely happening. The clichés come pretty fast around here, the biggest being "it's not Africa, it's Cape Town." I hate to buy into it, but it's the truth. Cape Town is a world apart from Africa, even more so than the rest of SA is. It's full of beautiful architecture and parks, classy bars and restaurants and tourists galore. ( The Company's Gardens, basically the Central Park of Cape Town. The white building is the National Art Galleries.) In short, Cape Town is great, with a surprising amount of things to do in close proximity of such a big city. (More Company's Gardens, museum of natural history in the background) The other day I took the opportunity for a visit to the cape of Good Hope and it's resident penguins. Visiting the penguins is ...