Lovin' Life.

We've done a pretty good job of cramming absolutely everything we can into our weekends and this weekend did not disappoint. 

Saturday, we picked up Cindy, Mimi's good friend from the ND program, at the airport and made our way to the Old Biscuit Mill (same swanky/upscale market we'd previously visited) - ate a little, drank a little champagne, shopped a little -- definitely not roughing it here. :)

Afterward, we drove down to Cape of Good Hope, the most southwestern tip of Africa, and spent the afternoon hiking along the water through the mountains.  It was gorgeous. 

We saw a few eland (antelope-esque animals) and baboons (!!).  Baboons are really mean animals and there are signs everywhere to prevent people from feeding them.  They actually tell you not to bring any food with you to the Cape because if you do, and they are around when you open your doors, they'll jump in the car to find the food.  Despite these warnings, a couple threw a banana at one of the baboons and he happily at the whole thing, peel and all.

[Drew later bought a shot glass from the store that he had in a bag and when the baboon saw his bag, he jumped up ON Drew to make sure it wasn't food - thankfully, he quickly realized it wasn't and backed down.  I wish I had gotten a picture of that!]

After a leisurely meal at Lemoncello, a small restaurant close to our apartments, we called it an early night.

Sunday morning we picked up Arden, Kirsten's friend who is vising from LA, and discovered a new brunch place which was pretty fantastic.  We had been told that Lion's Head was a nice, easy hike (pretty sure it was described to us as a 'leisurely stroll') so figured it was a perfect afternoon activity for the crew as Arden had just flown for 30+ hours.  We quickly realized, our definition of leisurely and South Africa's definition are two very different things.  [I am slowly understanding where Americans get the "lazy" stereotype.]  Steep, rock climbing, ladders, chains to help pull yourself up... you get the idea.  Views from the top, as expected, were fantastic and as you probably expect, it was my favorite climb thus far.