our excitements

Sara and I (Sarah) have very different lifestyles and excitements we've come to realize. Sara enjoys running and climbing mountains, I would rather take a long walk and be near the ocean. Luckily, Alistair was in town on Saturday and we were able to fulfill two of our different excitements. Two words: Penguins and mountains.

PENGUINS! I was super excited to see the penguins of South Africa. For all of you doubters, yes, they do exist and yes, they are really cute (and a little smelly). We took a drive near the coast to penguin haven. The little creatures are everywhere and they scurried across our path to dive into the cool ocean waters.

What's nice about Cape Town is the changing landscape. Mountains flow into the ocean and you can go from the top of a cliff into the water in about a 15 minute drive. Our next stop on our exciting day was rock climbing; a favorite pastime of Sara and Alistair. We spent the afternoon hiking around Peer's Cave to different challenging courses. Sara was extremely excited to be back in the air, conquering new climbs.

We ended our day taking a hike up Lion's Head; a mountain smack in the middle of Cape Town to watch the sunset and moonrise. We missed the sunset, but we watched the moon come up in between two neighboring mountains to illuminate the picnic dinner we had packed. From the top of Lion's Head you can see everything. Look one way and you've got the ocean. Look again and there's the city of Cape Town. Turn around once more and you see Devil's Peak and Table Mountain. It was truly an amazing sight.

We recounted our adventures over milkshakes and headed back to the centre, eager to get some rest.