Busy Busy Week

The past week has been pretty hectic as you might can tell from my lack of blogging. The last time I wrote was on Sunday and now it is Saturday. We went to the Old Biscuit Mill today and had some wonderful food and drink, then tried to go see The Hangover 2, but it wasn't playing until later. Hopefully soon we will be able to check it out.

Our week has been filled with great things including Coach Dooley and Barbara Dooley speaking to us, visiting a local vineyard, seeing penguins, and a visit to Robben Island.

The Haute Espoir (meaning High Hopes) vineyard was a beautiful place and we were able to attempt to make our own blend of wines.

On our way to the vineyard

The winery

Grape vines

Rob stands about 6 feet 7 inches tall, 310 pounds, trains and fights in the art of Mouytai and owns his own vineyard. Certainly not the man you expect to be greeted by at the front gate of a vineyard in South Africa, but sure enough he walked us from the gate up to his winery. He loves what he does and loved teaching us about the things he loves.

Thursday was spent at Cape of Good Hope, Cape Point, and Boulder Beach. Boulder Beach is the home of hundreds of African penguins. They are everything you would imagine just in relatively hot weather.

After our trek with penguins we got back on the bus, ate lunch, and headed to Cape of Good Hope. We were able to climb on the rocks and just go exploring.

Dustin and myself at Cape of Good Hope

 We climbed up one mountain went down the other side, back up another, and then made it down to the beach on the far side of the area.

Brooks and Carey playing hide and seek

The guys at Cape of Good Hope

 After exploring Cape of Good Hope we headed across the way to Cape Point, the second most southern point in Africa. On the way we saw ostrich, baboons, and more dassie. When we arrived we climbed to the lighthouse then went on a short walk to the lighthouse that was built later for better visibility.

Jack and Brooks out in the "no entry" area

The lighthouse from below

This has been a crazy week and I hope you enjoyed this post and there will be more to come about Friday and our adventure on Robben Island.