Wednesday, 2 January 2008

Happy New Year


Greetings from Mossel Bay, South Africa, and we hope you have all had a great start to 2008. We certainly had a great finish to 2007 in Cape Town. We've been to the top of Table Mountain by cable car then down by the so-called easy route - our legs are only just about recovering. We took the train to Simonstown - that was an experience to be told later under the title "Welcome to the South African experience". Then on the 31st we had a truly memorable day, touring the townships with Cape Rainbow Tours, finishing on Robben Island, from which you get the best view of Cape Town and Table Mountain.


Again much more to tell - William is having quite a time of it. New Year at the V&A Waterfront may not quite match Edinburgh's Hogmanay but it was great fun and the weather was probably better! Then up again at 5.30 to get the bus to Mossel Bay, where the local motto seems to be "Live life slowly!" I guess we'll have to work on that!

1 comment:

seasporter said...

Happy New Year Tom and Norma - glad you are having a great time!! Sorry I didn't manage to see you b4 you left Shetland. Your blog is fantastic - most impressive!! You are certainly not missing anything weatherwise back home as we have had the most dreadful gales/storms and they are still raging.

love from Liz