HOLIDAY! Days 1 and 2

I got back from my holiday with my mum and Cheryl yesterday and it was great fun! Instead of overwhelming you with the whole 2 weeks, I'm going to post 2 days at a time so in theory I'll be done this time next week. Cheryl had this project through out the holiday where she took a picture of her daily coffee every day and posted it to her facebook, although occasionally she didn't have coffee, or in the odd case, a bottled water photo was better than the coffee. So those pictures are going to go in front of each day. Because I don't have all the pictures yet, and because there are so many I'm going to hold off any other pictures until I've got the whole holiday up...sorry! But I promise to do a monster post of pictures :)

Day 1: Robben Island

At the V&A Waterfront

So day 1 of the holiday with my mum and Cheryl! Today we went to Robben Island which I'd never done before now. The boat ride there took about an hour and I saw loads of jelly fish, some white and some a fairly spectacular red, there were also lots of sea lions sunning themselves on the waves. Once we got to the island we were straight into buses and driven round the island, including the village where all the prison guards used to live (now occupied by museum staff) and the house sized cell Robert Sobukwe was confined to in solitary.

After the bus tour we were taken into the maximum security wing by an ex-political prisoner who showed us the communal cell where he was placed as well as the solitary cells (where Nelson Mandela was held). Although he did briefly tell us his story of how he came to be imprisoned, it felt like the whole tour was focused on getting to Mandela's cell when actually, the 3 of us would of much rather spent more time talking with the ex-political prisoner about his experiences directly.

The boat ride back was pretty choppy - lots of wave surfing! I quite enjoyed it but a lot of people around us were getting seasick so Mum and Cheryl went to stand closer by the door where there was some fresh air even if it occasionally was a bit wet, while I happily rocked about inside until we arrived in Cape Town.

When we were back in Durbanville we went straight to the house of one of the drumming ladies for a sound journey. I knew what to expect but Mum and Cheryl were quite apprehensive to begin with but thoroughly enjoyed it by the end.


Day 2: Stellenbosch

Labourie wine farm

 Day 2 and the plan is wine tasting and visiting Stellenbosch. We got to our first vineyard in Paarl about 11am only to discover they had accommodation - so we immediately checked in! We had our daily coffee and headed off to Stellenbosch town where we had a very quick (read: slightly rushed) wander around (Mum and Cheryl clocking a music house, and mum played a game of "spot-the-musician-and-guess-their-instrument" with herself) before a very filling lunch.

On the way back to Labourie (where we were staying) we stopped off at Fairview wine farm for a quick tasting of wine and cheese...which was followed by another tasting at Labourie where I decided I don't like brandy and although red and white wines taste different, 2 different white wines basically taste the same (if my mum reads this she'll cry!).

Dinner was SO GOOD! We ate at the vineyard although we were all so full from lunch, so dinner exhausted us and we all collapsed into bed when we were done!