Blogs from Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

Sleep!!!! Yes we had a lie in - thank heavens for Shabbat. We went down for a leisurely breakfast and decided that together with Avi and Angela we would go to the synagogue in Arthurs Road for the morning service. The service at Athurs Road shul was much more to our liking - no choir, friendly people in a very nice synagogue. After the service we went to the kiddush or the “bracha” as it is known in South Africa. From what we understand the “bracha” at the Marais Road synagogue was really spectacular and many of the congregation used it as their lunch. Arthurs Road provided a nice kiddush bracha as well. Before leaving the shul we prayed in the mincha gedola service. Interestingly they ended with psalm 104 but not the series of shir ... read more

Cape town part 2 Several days exploring Cape Town. Hop on-off bus for two days to see waterfront, downtown, Kirstenbosch Gardens, etc. We have had a car for the past few days on day trips to the Cape of Good Hope and Table Mt. getting comfortable driving on left side of road. The Beauty of Cape Town rivals any other place we have been - mountains, beautiful beaches, extremely clean city. Food is awesome and much cheaper than US. Beef, ostrich, springbuck and seafood are all great. We have been busy, not much time to organize photos- now with more than 1200 pix. One more day in CT and then on to to the Winelands for a couple of days before traveling up the garden coast. Hard to believe we have been gone for more than ... read more

My visit to Sea Point was COMPLETED with a walk along the stunning sea side promenade. I had a fantastic time in the filtered seawater pools built on the beach front together with a fun windy walk along the beach front, with a milky lane for a small snack and the beautiful view of the atlantic ocean. To top it of the amazing african warm sunset along the coast.... read more

Det er no ein og ein halv månad sidan eg kom til Cape Town. Tida har verkeleg flaksa av gårde. Kvardagen er komen for lenge sidan, noko eg set stor pris på. Det har teke meg nokon år å erkjenne det, men det er kvardagen I utlandet eg set pris på. Den første veka her var ikkje særleg bra. Vi hadde ikkje noko vi skulle gjere, anna enn å bli kjendt med jobbens rutinar og bla litt I nokre papirer. Med Kongo frisk I minne opplevde eg det heile som lite meiningsfullt. Samstundes måtte eg jobbe med å tilpasse meg Cape Town sine brutale kontrastar. Cape Town er ein fantastisk fin by, og den har alt ein normann kan førestille seg at han kan ha behov for, sett bort frå snø (kven vil vel ha det?!), ... read more

Hello Family, Evan arrived on Thursday and we are having a fantastic time. Yesterday we were fortunate enough to attend the Portugal vs Korea DPR game - we had great seats which you will see from our pictures and OH MY was it exciting. It was raining for the majority of the match. In the beginning their was no wind so we were covered by the roof of the stadium, but once the wind picked up a bit it was blowing rain on us. It didnt matter though. All the getting up and down, shouting, doing the wave, blowing the vuvuzelas..etc kept us very warm - not to mention the atmosphere in there was INCREDIBLE. SOOO FREAKING FUN! Fantastic game - Christiano Ronaldo was as sexy as ever and at one point I was pretty close ... read more