The past 4 days have been full of birthday activities and celebrations. I feel so lucky to have such great people around me and I can now say that I celebrated my birthday in one of the coolest cities out there. On thursday night I went out to dinner with Rachel's mom to this great restaurant at the waterfront. I ordered the kingklip which is a local fish and it was delicious! Rachel, Callie and I then went out to a bar, Boogie (essentially The Boot of my semester here) and met up with everyone else including these awesome girls from my apartment building who made sure my "12:01" was celebrated accordingly. Then on Friday (my actual birthday..hip hip hooray) I took myself shopping for a birthday present and got these awesome shorts, a tank, a sweater and a cool sweatshirts for only R500 which I thought was pretty nuts. Then that afternoon I went to High Tea at the Mount Nelson Hotel. This is yet another experience that I just have to say...Wow!! Mount Nelson itself is beautiful and elegant and being there made me feel like a princess. High Tea is something that I wish existed in the states...you go and sit in these fancy couches/seats and order what tea you want from a menu of over 20 different varieties of tea and then there is this table of unlimited mini sandwiches and savory treats and every dessert your heart could possibly desire. Naturally I had like 5 plates worth and never got over how cute and little all of the treats were. I was sung happy birthday to with a mini red velvet cupcake in front of me and it honestly looked like I was a giant in a world for little people. Even the forks were little. After eating enough miniature food to fill a dollhouse, I went to the Hout Bay Market with some of my girlfriends. I honestly didn't think I was ever going to breathe properly again after eating so much but I somehow fit in the cab and boy am I glad I did. The Bay Harbour Market at Hout Bay is this huuuuge warehouse type thing with hundreds of vendors ranging from clothes and trinkets to food and drinks. Of course I didn't want to eat anything at this point so I wandered around and made a mental note of all of the clothes/posters/jewelry that I want to come back and buy before I leave (gotta try to save for now). But I did end up buying a present for someone (Hey Lyd) because I saw it and thought of her right away. How nice am I..buying a present for someone else on my own birthday?! ;) After the market we went and met other people at the tapas restaurant Fork on Long St. From there we went out on Long to this uber trendy posh rooftop bar Tsing-Tsing and I pretended to be "cool" The next morning I was not feeling too great after a night out celebrating but I couldn't bare the thought of missing Old Biscuit Mill. So I dragged myself out of bed to get there where I got the greatest sandwich I have eaten, or ever will eat for that matter, in my entire life. I had been eyeing this one vendor for weeks waiting for the right time to get it and Saturday just felt right. A sandwich "made with love" as their sign says from The Kitchen...crunchy baguette scooped out and filled with basil pesto, tomato pesto, chicken, avo, lettuce, tomato, onions, feta, pecorino and three mystery sauces.....holy cow. After once again eating myself into a food-coma (I am getting pretty good at that) I had to rally and get ready for the day party pregame for the Rugby game that was being thrown at my apartment. Nothing better than a fun day of American style dartying. The rugby game was against Australia, a huge rival, so everyone in the city was amped up and the game itself was a pretty cool experience..not that I had any clue what was happening the entire time as my rugby knowledge is pretty rusty. But I made a friend Randall who attempted to explain things so that was pretty cool I guess. Sunday we woke up and it was BEAUTIFUL outside. Finalllllyyyy warm sunshine!! I went to Kloof St. with my friend Kendra and walked around. I got two pairs of these awesome flowy patterned pants that I am pretty pumped about and can't wait to wear at the music festival I am going to this weekend, Rocking the Daisies :) Today was once again absolutely beautiful out so I took advantage of it with my two friends Lee and Kendra and took the train to Kalk Bay where we lounged in the sunshine all day! Kalk Bay is without a doubt somewhere I want to go back and would literally go back everyday if I could. I am definitely going to bring my parents there when they get here in 6 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could burst with excitement and joy.
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| Being fancy at High Tea |
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| Doesn't even do it justice.... |
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| Hout Bay Market! |
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| A sandwich made by the hands of God |
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| My birthday cake compliments of chef Callie :) |
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| Randall! |
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| My friend Lee dressed up/pumped up for the game |
Anyway, I probably won't be writing another post until after Rocking the Daisies and I am not even promising one then because I will be glued to my parents for the week that they are here....so don't try to miss me too much. Missing everyone at home looooaddds and wish I could smother all of you with hugs and kisses but even saying that makes me realize how quickly the end of my semester is approaching and I cannot believe it. Classes end on October 15th which is literally right around the corner....CrAZy!
xo
Linds
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