Cape Town has several rivers that run across it. Most have been turned into canals, which has cmopletely destroyed the rivers, but is necessary to protect the houses along the river from flooding. Even then, that sometimes doesn't help - here the river has completely burst its concrete banks and is already flooding the surrounding parking lots and blocks of flats.
Boulders Beach was a great haunt when I was a kid. I used to go swimming there regularly, 
because it was easy to get into deep water without having to first swim through the waves. A few years back it was discovered by the penguins, and now it's a protected reserve as a result. You can still go swimming from there, but you have to pay to gain entrance. Because of Nellie's recent obsession with all things penguin, we thought an afternoon at Boulders would be fun. We arrive fairly late (after 3pm), but were greeted by penguins and this amazing sky. Definitely worth it!
A fun day at work - staff got to dress up as a literary/ film character in aid of English Focus Week. So of course, Pippie Langkous and Princess Fiona had to make an appearance.
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funny to see Pippi's name in Africaans
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