My car can tell you people are healthy..

So we arrived in Cape Town, and had our ho ha. Bit of an anticlimax, but then it's always the unplanned nights that are the fun one's.

We spent the morning saying goodbyes and then exploring the centre of town. We fell in love with the city. It ticked every single box for all of us. For me we found an amazing coffee shop ( truly yours , long street) where the barista had an easy smile and told me he made the coffee with love. For Em it was the cute shops and boutiques and the friendly owners. Jodie loved seeing the clouds roll over table mountain and the Turkish delight cheesecake from the food markets. We were as happy as pigs in mud.

Later on that day we headed to our hotel, the Cape Standard in Green Point. We'd decided to splash out - this place was pricey. Expectations were running high. I was craving gorgeous white sheets and some chill out time. The second we were greeted by our hosts we knew we were in the right place. Rudi took our bags upstairs, the room had a kettle, fridge, gorgeous beds, windows AND no crickets.

We spent the afternoon smugly relaxing by the pool. Cape Town was our kind of place. I even fell in love with the hotel cat Tinkerbell, and I hate cats.....

That evening we met up with the crew to go on a sunset cruise. Rudi - our man at the hotel was a bit worried for us - it was going to be rough he said. Rudi turned out to be bang on the money. It was tricky actually keeping any of the unlimited champagne in the glass. Jodie and I clung onto the front of the boat and got absolutely soaked. The first few times I couldn't stop giggling ( Mrs Hartley - not unlike the time in Croatia) - after about 8 more soakings the smiles were fake. Get me off this boat.

Wet and dejected we headed back to our home from home. Our night host greeted us - with a decanter of sherry and fresh milk for our tea. We were back in love with Cape Town.

A new day dawned and it was a girls day - 8 of us headed into the winelands on a private tour. The first two estates were amazing - and we enthusiastically tried all of the wines on offer. We had lunch at the 3rd in stellenbosch. We were much less enthusiastic about winery 4 and 5. We all agreed on how beautiful the scenery is though. Mountains everywhere.

In the evening we hit the shops down at the waterfront, had pasta in a very cute place, and played some pool with the group in a student pub near the university. The Zimbabwean taxi driver on the way home took the edge of this perfect day though. As the little Renault Clio was struggling with Cape Town's hills he came out with the following gem:

'I can tell you people are healthy people. Not at all sick. My car can tell this too'

It was time to leave Cape Town. Any more glasses of sherry and I was going to break someone's taxi.

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