In the Old Days
Saying the word Cape Town should give you the picture of beautiful table mountain that everyone talks about and then probably Robben Island. It’s been over 10 years since I have lived in Cape Town, though the memories of the 5 years I lived there are still quite fresh. Every now and then I go for a visit which helps keep these memories alive. Unfortunately I do feel that when I speak of my Cape Town living experience I found myself saying “Back in the good old days” because time has just flown by since then. Having fun, been adventurous and maybe a bit negligent makes the memories even better.
Great Outing Experiences in Cape Town
Most of my memories I made there was with family and with my friends from the school I attended at the time. The school that I attended I was privileged enough to go on outings to really amazing places. The outings we went on as a class back when I was at school, I really did enjoy them. Some of the ones I remember were going to snorkel in Fish Hoek, going to a ground mill and getting freshly baked cookies for lunch, going to the world of birds and then going to the I-max theatre at the V&A water front. These are just a few highlighted ones that really stand out in my mind.
Cape Town’s City Centre
One of my fondest memories was packing a rug sack with yummy eats and catching a train to Cape Town’s City centre. From the train station my family and I would head off into the small narrow streets, some of these streets are still to this day cobbled. The streets are lined with old buildings. One of my favourite places to stop at was the Cape Town flower market, situated in between two tall buildings. There are just thousands of flowers. Any kind of flower you could think of is there on display. You could seriously get lost in between the beautiful display. From there we would meander around and head towards this place called The Gardens. Here we would buy peanuts to feed the squirrels. I remember been scared of the pigeons who would flock towards me, I used to think those greedy birds wanting to steal my peanuts. On a Saturday’s you were bound to see photographers taking snap shots of bridal parties. Something else I loved was the rides we would take to visit my extended family. My family and I lived in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town and the extended family lived in the Northern Suburbs. Visiting them took on a good day would take you about 45 minutes. What I loved was driving through Constantia, Wynberg and Tokai Forest. That road is amazing. The road is lined with the most incredible trees making you feel like you in a thick dense forest. There are beautiful designed up market homes that are to your right and to your left. 
What’s Happening Now In Cape Town
Since the time that I have lived there lots has changed, everything has gone bigger and better and I still love to explore and be adventurous when I go there. A more modern day adventure is taking a few hours out my day and shopping at Canal Walk. There are many thing I love about Cape Town, my greatest love would have to be the wide variety of markets they have and car boot sales. Why not go and buy something hand made and original. These markets promote South Africa products. I personally love the excitement about finding old things and you can’t go wrong with something handmade. Some of the markets that I haven’t been to yet, I’m planning on going on my next trip which I’m super excited about.
Still to this day I love Cape Town, maybe now that I only go for not more than a week. I mean there is only so much hussle and bussle a small town girl can take.
Angola