Monday, April 7, 2014

Cape Town - Sometimes Pictures (and Witty Captions) Are Better Than Words

As a fairly sarcastic, somewhat critical blogger, it has taken me almost a week to determine how to write-up our 7 days spent in Cape Town. While the most memorable experience of our week will be arriving shortly as its own post (and you thought the Game of Thrones premiere was worth the wait!), the rest of our time was relatively critique-free. Perfect weather, amazing meals, great nights out with friends & family. All wonderful experiences, yet all completely lacking any semblance of cynicism, mockery or any other Shift-F9 replacement for “sarcasm.”

Thus, as happens with most of my travel blogs, the inability for creativity inevitably leads to what I can only describe as a “photo-heavy” post.

Onto the pics:

Our studio apartment for the week - Not sure we are going to miss driving up 10 ridiculously-steep stories twice a day (hurray, I found my sarcasm!)
Although for that view, yeah, I'd say it was worth it
Double-frame? Mind blowing...
And all we had to do was wait for these 10 Indian gentlemen to take over 300 photos of themselves (because why not have EVERY camera take pictures of 3 separate poses of yourself??)
V&A Waterfront - Where rich people come to Africa to pretend they aren't in Africa
1 of 78 Pina Colada's consumed by Julie during our honeymoon
1/2 price sushi at Beluga - Amaaaaaaaazing (would definitely pay 3/4 price if we had to)
Treating ourselves to a day in the wine country with this Martha Stewart-esque photo
Hey lady in red - Pull yourself towards yourself you lush
Nelson Mandela scarecrow (the shadow covers the 8x11 piece of paper with his face on it)
Apparently "culture" and "sophistication" are requirements for being married
Giraffe
Partaking in the "cheetah experience" (not sure why Julie is petting me while I pet the Cheetah)
"I dare you to see what is in this hut"
Catching up with some old friends Dave & Bon for sundowners
Boulders Beach - Home to...
These guys
Definitely forgot to check, even despite taking this photo 20 seconds prior
Cape Point
You'd be shocked to hear that these mountains are called the "Misty Cliffs"
Hout Bay - No witty comment available at the moment
I will take credit for this semi-crooked-yet-still-awesome selfie from the roof of our rental car
Julie freckling it up at Clifton 4th Beach (way better than 3rd, or 2nd for that matter)
Our final "game-heavy" meal of the trip -- Innocent animals consumed = Crocodile, Ostrich, Springbok, Kudu, Venison Sausage and a good ole Wart Hog (sorry Pumbaa)
Farewell South Africa
Somehow we managed to transport this 5 foot giraffe onto 4 separate planes and past 3 security checkpoints who all told us "no way in hell"

2 comments:

  1. Ostriches aren't innocent. Don't feel bad about eating the ostrich.

    ReplyDelete
  2. The giraffe that you got through security is seriously as tall as me! :)

    ReplyDelete