finally time for a quick post

I am healthy but too busy to be able to write.  I am sitting in muggs and bean in a a shopping center right now

Cape Town is beautiful and not at all what I expected.  The city is on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean in a bowl surrounded by mountains. It is clean and everyone is very friendly and helpful.  Our hotel room was on the 11^th floor and we looked out over the expressways, the waterfront shopping malls and then the sea.  We could either walk or take the hotel shuttle to the waterfront shops where there were many familiar names of shops and unique boutiques.

We have driven on narrow roads  which cling to the side of the mountains along the seacoast or have climbed over the mountains  on narrow winding roads.  The scenery has been spectacular.

having trouble attaching the pics but will try again in a couple of days..