Wine Tasting & Jet Lag in Cape Town

Happy 4th of July Everyone!!

Today we went wine tasting outside of Cape Town which was a very nice day.  Almost have no clue what day of the week it is which feels like a good thing. 

Before we go into the wine tasting we first shall start with Jetlag. 

It can be a tough.  I (Vince) am definetely not settled into the time zone change.  Terrible sleeper to begin with my body still can't figure out where it is.  So we had a 7:45 AM alarm for breakfast before wine tasting and at 3:45AM I was still up.  So needless to say I am a little tired but trying to stay awake until 10PM so that I can get back on schedule (at least that is the hope)

We had an absolutely amazing day today in an around Cape Town.  It is winter here but the weather was in the mid 70's and sunny skies.  We went to 5 vineyards today and they were all very interesting.  Reminded Bethe & I a little of Napa (except everyone has a funny accent and drives on the wrong side of the road).  We had a mixture of champagne and wine to satisfy both of us and went to lunch at an amazing little spot (pictures are uploaded at the bottom)

We could not ship any wine home - the US has strict laws in place right now for South Africa wine coming into the states.  So we will have to figure that out when we get home.
We also stopped and picked up new vuvuzelas today - know we just need to learn how to use them!!

Tomorrow is Table Mountain and the Cape Tour.  I am told we will be able to see penguins on the beach down there.

Sue and Howard hope you enjoy the fireworks

Cape Town - Quarterfinal Argentina vs. Germany

We went and saw the quarterfinal game today in Cape Town.  It was Argentina vs. Germany and it was an amazing experience.  The picture is before the game.  Bethe took a lot of pictures of videos (so you can hear the vuvuzelas) during the game and you can get to those from the bottom of the blog where links to all of our pictures are. We discovered the games only take Visa and have no ATM's - so lesson learned take lots of South Africa Ran to the game. 

Getting back was also an expereince as very crowded where the game is.  We finally got a cab and he was not exactly sure where the hotel was.  So he drove us and we had to call his cab company on my cell for them to tell him how to get to our hotel.  Frustrating but than we left our vuvuzelas in the cab (din't realize it until 3 hours later)

STUPID STUPID STUPID (not nice words Anthony)

So we will have to get new ones!!

Tomorrow we go wine tasting.  Hopefully we are standing at the end of that.

The comments are great - especially Little Anthony's (co-authored by Kim).  If you have not read them you should (just click on the comment link below each post where it says comments or click on the article headline).  It is great to see the world through a 3 year old mind and imagination!

Cape Town - Night 1 of 5

Day 1 in Cape Town was right after we got off the flight from Nairobi.  Bethe and I had only about 3 hours of sleep from the night before in Nairobi and we lost 1 hour in a time zone change. So tired we arrived at this amazing small hotel called Alta Bay.  The View from our Balcony is the picture of Table Mountain (1st Image) as well as the Waterfront.  Pretty Amazing.  We did not watch the Brasil game but got our first taste of Vuvelzela when Netherlands one and we are 1.5 miles from the stadium.

We went out to eat in downtown Cape Town and watched the Ghana game at the Fan Fest where they were showing the game.  Very Amazing first experience in town.  Everyone was rooting for Ghana.  When they penalty kick was awared at the end of extra time the place went nuts.  When he missed the kick they place cried.  Very quite at the end of the game when they lost.  What could have been - they place would have partied like nothing else we have ever seen if that penalty kick goes in.

Nairobi & Flight to Cape Town

It was a long journey.  We left London and flew to Nairobi, Kenya.  It was an 8.5 hr flight. Nairobi was pretty uneventful...we arrived when it was dark and we left when it was dark.  The only eventful part were the men with machine guns who surrounded the plane when it landed...good times!

Cape Town may be one of the most beautiful cities we have seen in the world!

Day 2 - London

Today was London. 

The first picture is Bethe and I in our PJ's on First Class.  They actually give you a pair of nice PJ's to sleep in while you travel.  First Class International is the way to go.

After 3-4 hours of sleep we arrived in London.  Bethe took a nap and I went to a pub and had a beer on the river. 

We did a quick tour of London in the afternoon.  Our hotel was right near the Tower Bridge in London and that was the first thing we saw when we went outside.  We also did the London Eye (don't call it a Ferris Wheel) and walked to Big Ben and Westiminster Abby.  We also learned how to use the tube and become excellent at navigating the underground (actually it was very easy). 

For dinner we went to an Argentina steak house - we went all the way to London to have Argentina food!.  Food was amazing and our view from the table was to tower bridge.

Time to get back on the plane for flight 3 of 23 and fly to Nairobi.  See you in South Africa.

Day 1 - In Vancouver

We have made it to Vancouver.  One client call left and I will be good to go!  Here we are drinking in the lounge before our London flight.  Cheers!  There are 3 bottles of champagne to drink!!!!

1 Week to Go

We have received the first of our world cup tickets!!

Our Quarterfinal game on July 3rd is looking like it could be a good game. We will see the winner of Argentenia/Mexico and the winner of England/Germany.

The US is into the elimination round. They would have 2 win 2 games for us to see them in the Semi Finals. First step will be to see if they can win on Saturday vs. Ghana.

Lot's of packing to do before we leave but things are starting to come together.