Langebaan

Thinking that we may not have a chance to get out of town during break, a friend of mine (Claire) and I decided to take a drive outside of Cape Town. We weren’t really sure where we were headed when we left. She asked where I would like to go and, not knowing any of the places she mentioned, I told her to surprise me because I would be happy going anywhere. We headed off going North, I think and passed some areas that I’ve been to before – Milnerton, etc. We went through Blaauberg (sp?) and through a pretty drive up the coast. Eventually (about an hour/hour and a half later) we ended up in a nice coastal area called Langebaan. We took a nice walk up the beach and landed up in a cute restaurant for lunch. I had fish and chips – for the first time since I arrived in Cape Town and she had breakfast. The fish and chips was made with a local favorite fish called Hake. I quite enjoyed it and we relaxed for a bit before heading back to Cape Town. My friend had to be back on campus for a meeting with her research adviser and I had a professor who scheduled class during the break, so we had to get back. Our venture out of Cape Town was quite nice and I’m sure not the last of our fun road trips. She and I are also considering going to Namibia during our break from classes in June.