Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and everything in between! I hope you all had a lovely festive time back in chilly Blighty! My Christmas day consisted of a little boat trip out to the beautiful Robben Island, dolphins, turtles and seals inclusive, followed by a braai with my 30 strong South Africa family, or fellow PTers as they are also known. It was lovely to have Christmas all together catching up, and meeting the Swaziland and Botswana volunteers, and hearing all of their stories. After a lot of good food, good drink, good cheer and very good company, we all shuffled ourselves to Camps Bay, (google it) with a bottle of champers to watch the sunset, well it was awesome in a nutshell. Perfect end to a perfect day. It was great for us all to do something totally different to back home and to do it together kept us all smiles. This was a pleasant surprise to the load of homesickness we were all experiencing. Although we all wish we could’ve had our families around us on such a special day, not many people (Brits at least) can say they sat on a beach watching the sun set on Christmas Day?!
So the Cape Town trip as a whole? Well we arrived in 34 degree heat on Christmas Eve, then didn’t see a cloud or a temperature gauge below 30 until we were on the bus on 2nd Jan heading home. Are you ready for a bold statement? I had the best moment of my life in Cape Town. New Years Eve, on the top of Table Mountain, truly the most beautiful view EVER. I feel like I’ve grown up in the sense that I was almost brought to tears by a landscape, but Oh. My. Word! It was amazing, we made our New Years Resolutions looking over Cape Town with a Champagne picnic, check the photos. So, so, so incredible! Add it to the bucket list if you haven’t been already. Back to reality with a bump ready to start a new year, Janurary’s update shouldn’t be too long :D
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