I'll get to the title later.
Cape Town Day 1:
We arrived Cape Town exhausted after 24+ hours of flying and checked into the Westin where we ordered room service and crashed.
Woke up in time for an amazing Indian dinner at Bukhara and then went back to the hotel where we crashed again.
Cape Town Day 2:
Woke up at 3 am. Had oysters and champagne at the lounge for breakfast and worked up the courage to request an upgrade to a Jr. suite. We were told that one might become available later in the day so we decided to go check out the waterfront while we waited. Fell in love with colored ostrich eggs and bought a whole bunch to take home. On a side note, not one security person at 5 different airports asked us about the eggs in our carry-ons except, you guessed it, TSA @ JFK. We got a "Wachu got in your bag? Snow globes or somethin" and then she proceeded to unwrap and inspect them and say "Are they really THIS big?" um, no! I could hear Mr. M muter "Be careful, they're fragile" under his breath.
Got back to the hotel and our wish was granted. A corner suite with a view of Table Mountain and the harbor.
Lunch was had at The Royale Eatery, losely based on Pulp Fiction, where we had yummy Ostrich burgers. I love it when the hotel concierge has to Google my restaurant picks :-)
Cape Town Day 3:
OK, so today we were determined to do some sightseeing and decided to go to the top of Table Mountain. Big mistake, the line for the cable car was at least 2 hours so we made our cab driver take us on a tour of the cape instead.
Dinner was at Bo Kap Kombuis, an authentic Cape Malay restaurant in the Bo Kaap district. Yusuf and his wife Nazli, the owners, were extremely gracious and could not believe that we had come all the way from Hollywood to eat at their restaurant. Nazli's homemade chili sauce was so delicious that I made her give me a container to take home with me.
OK, so our joke was that Cape Town looks just like Southern California and we couldn't believe that we came this far when we could've just stayed home! It's like Orange County 10 years ago :-p
3 comments:
nice suite... are the products standard Westin or something else? ... and what does ostrich taste like?
The products were not standard Westin ones which I actually like. They smelled pretty generic, nothing special. Ostrich taste just like beef but has way less cholesterol.
Va va va voom, oysters and champagne at 3am! Very posh! I love the ostrich eggs! Beautiful room...
Sara
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