Day 7, May 23, 2013: This is the day for a “Ring of Kerry” type of tour. We drive down the west coast to the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point and back up the east coast of the peninsula along False Bay. The first two tourists to be picked after me (I’m first again for the shotgun seat) are Leonardo, an Italian living and working in Brussels and Oliver, a German student. We are all traveling alone and will eventually pal-up to share some company and take photos of each other. Fred, our guide (from Germany originally) provides a good tour. It was a great day for this outing. There were some spectacular views. As with the safari, there were too many photos to post on this page. I have posted the photos from this day here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/etd3xubrfib18t1/_EZ_yUXZ96 Highlights were the cape and its views. My younger companions hike it to the top. I choose to take the trolley, called a funicular, that goes to the top and then hike down with them to our lunch destination at the bottom. The restaurant, Two Oceans, was fantastic. My shellfish dish which you will see at DropBox was a crayfish. Not to be confused with our crawfish. This guy is huge in comparison and just as delicious. It has a very sweet meat. It was served with calamari, that were thick and succulent. The penguin colony we saw on our way back was fun. We saw some mongooses there as well. The last stop was at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. We barely saw a fraction of it before our time was up. Other tourists had dinner plans and we couldn’t tarry. This place must be quite a sight in the spring and summer. Fred dropped me off a the waterfront where I was going to have dinner at a place he recommended, Der Anker, a Belgian restaurant. After bidding farewell to my peninsula partners, I headed off for a dinner of tiger prawns and a good Belgian beer (two actually) followed by a waffle for dessert. On the way to catch the hotel shuttle I passed a group of African singers. I bought one of their CDs. After listening to it, I’ll try to find them again to get their other one. Finally home to rest up for the winelands tour tomorrow.