Happy Valentine’s Day

We have settled into a comfortable routine. We eat breakfast at the apartment – there is a Nespresso machine (with a frother) so we don’t even have to go out for our Cafe Latte. While Noomi is cleaning we head to the beach for our morning walk. We have been blessed thus far with sunny days in the mid to high 20s and always a cooling breeze.

On Saturday a local club was conducting Paragliding lessons in the park in-front of our apartment. It was interesting to watch – we were surprised by the number of lines they have to control – even preparing for take-off was complicated. A lady (Jen) was watching so we chatted on the way by and she mentioned her friend John was taking a lesson. John joined us after his lesson and although there was no way he was gliding alone, he had booked to do a tandem-flight in the afternoon. As we carried on with our walk, Jen caught up with us and asked if we would like to have dinner with them. We met for dinner at 6:00 and didn’t leave the restaurant until after 9:00. It was a lovely evening, dining in the garden at The Girls restaurant, hearing (and watching a video) of John’s paragliding adventure and sharing stories of our times in SA.

On Sundays the Sea Rescue group do a training session – first the helicopter was performing sea rescue exercises. Once we were at the beach we watched the rescue boats (mostly zodiacs with 50 hp motors) manoeuvre the waves – so many times I thought that they would flip. The sea rescue members were friendly and interesting to watch. Sunday was busier on the beach with local families enjoying the great weather.

Having lunch or dinner out is working out well. As I mentioned, there are numerous good restaurants within walking distance.

It’s breezy today so we decided to take a different route – we walked along the lagoon path and it joins onto Wilderness National Park. There is a wooden trail running parallel to the lagoon/river – so peaceful. We will definitely do this walk again.

Although we haven’t missed having a car, we are going to rent one for 5 days and do some more local exploring and also drive to Knysna to our favourite lunch spot – East Head.

We enjoyed a Valentine’s Day lunch at The Girls (we love their salads and calamari). Tonight for our Valentine’s Day dinner, we are having filet which Chef Larry is preparing on the BBQ.