This week started off in Holland and ended in Cape Town. after visiting the historic fortress town of Naarden we continued along the Randmeeren, a ring of lakes that divide the new province of Flevoland from the old coast line of the Zuider Zee. Flevoland was created in 1934 by draining a huge section of the Zuider Zee. We anchored wild in a lagoon inside an island inside a lake and then the next morning visited another very old walled town called Elburg before continuing to Kampen on the River Ijssel where we stayed for the night. It is a lovely old town but alas we had to move on as the clock was now ticking for our flight out of the country. So 4 hours later we arrived in Ossenzijl our home base where we spent the next couple of days cleaning and packing.
Whilst wandering around at the boat yard we stumbled on a recently built boat called Le Fabuleux II. 
It turned out to be the new boat of the person who had sold us their boat but alas when Wendy met someone going on board, it transpired that he had only used the new boat for just 80 hours before dying of heart failure at the age of 67. Carpe Diem!
It turned out to be the new boat of the person who had sold us their boat but alas when Wendy met someone going on board, it transpired that he had only used the new boat for just 80 hours before dying of heart failure at the age of 67. Carpe Diem!On Friday our taxi arrived and took us to Steenwijk station where we caught a train to Schiphol and thence to Frankfurt where our SAA flight took off on time and 12 hours later we touched down in Cape Town where we were met by Colleen and Peter.
In the afternoon we went over to Constantia to look around and do some shopping for the braai (South African BBQ) that was being held for Wendy's Cape Town friends the next day. Food was not as cheap as I thought it might be but I guess it is a global market for many items these days.
In the evening we went to the great V&A (Victoria & Alfred) harbour side complex (like Fisherman's wharf in San Francisco) but much bigger and better. We wandered around and listened to the African singers and then went into Quay Four for a great seafood meal.
Two upmarket courses and good wine for two was NZ$85.On Sunday we drove up to Yzfontein which is an hour north of Cape Town and on the way called into Table View Bay for the classic view of Cape Town over the bay.
Then up further north where we hoped to see the annual wildflowers that this part of the coast is famous for. They were there but the best was over unfortunately.
In the evening we had the braai for Wendy and 13 of her old Cape Town friends turned up. We braai'd yellow tail and red meats. Yellow tail is a lovely gamey fish with lots of flavour. We finished off with some lovely chocolate cake that Ros bought over.
This week we are 'doing' Cape Town though the weather forecast is not great. It has been a terrible September for Cape Town. We hope it improves quickly.
