We said goodbye to the Queen Anne today and set off for our 4 day stay in Capetown. We’re staying a few miles along the coast in a hotel called the Twelve Apostles.
We were collected from the Cruise terminal by a driver who took us to the hotel - about a 15 minute drive. On the way he gave us lots of top tips re. things to see, which proved invaluable today. One thing on our to do list was to go up Table Mountain…we were going to do this tomorrow or the next day, but Bo (the driver) let us know the weather forecast isn’t good for tomorrow so today is probably going to be the best day, so, that’s what we did. This afternoon, we headed to Table Mountain.
When you go to Table Mountain, there’s a big cable car that runs up and down the mountainside. We didn’t have to queue for very long before we got in the cable car. Around 20 people fitted in the large round pod. Some people made a bee line for the side with the view up the mountain but this turned out to be a waste of time as the clever designers have put a circular rotating floor in the cable car, which means that during the 5 minutes it takes to travel up the mountain side, everyone gets every view as the floor rotates around.
Once on the top of the mountain, we exited the cable car and headed onto the enormous mountain top to find ourselves above the clouds and looking down on them. I don’t know what I expected it to be like but it’s actually quite rocky with boulders scattered all around. Stone paths have been made for you to follow and there is a choice of three walks of varying lengths to do on the table top. We opted for the longer walk so we saw the views in all directions. It was a very sunny day but this was disguised by the wind - it was breezy 3,560 feet up there! I have since discovered that I should have put more sun cream on before leaving the hotel and heading up the mountain- I now have lovely white panda eyes and a rather red face.
The trip back down the mountain side had stunning views again, but interestingly the clouds had started to roll in from the sea and we watched as they burled over the top of the city, hiding it from view.
Back at the hotel I’ve been trying to even up the crib scores. Despite managing to have one of the best hands of the holiday so far and winning 3 games in a row, Andy made a comeback and I still find myself 5 games behind, with only 5 days left to even the scores!
Dinner had something we’ve never experienced before……. The waitress came out and placed a little dish in front of each of us which contained dry ice - she then poured hot water onto the dry ice which dramatically created clouds billowing round the table before funnelling out little holes in the dish to reveal a small bowl of berry sorbet (which was delicious). It was like a scene from a pantomime where a genie magically appears from a puff of smoke!
It’s now time for bed so I’m off to put some moisturiser on my rather red face and I’m really hoping I don’t look quite so panda-like in the morning!
On top of Table Mountain
We made it to Table Mountain Top!
More views from Table Mountain Top
The clouds rolling in
Above the clouds
The hotel
A comfy seat 
Don’t look at the panda suntan
Dry Ice sorbet
When the dry ice had finished doing its thing, the dish had some berry sorbet in it which was rather yummy. Andy had eaten most of his before we remembered to take a photo! 
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