We woke up at 5:00 a.m. to go on a sunrise hike up Lions Head with my housemates. It was totally worth it, and seeing the city lights in the dark then switch to the sun peaking up was incredible!
Afterwards, we got breakfast at a cafe called Clarks in town. I then took a glorious nap when I got back.
We made homemade pizza with my cooking group tonight, which was fun and yummy. It has been really nice taking turns cooking and doing dishes with two other girls.
We went to dinner on Kloof Street at Cafe Paradiso. I had some tasty prawn and pea risotto.
We went rock climbing with the Mountain and Ski club today at Lakeside Pinnacle. I had been there once before, and this time we did a different side. Only three of us came, which ended up being the perfect amount with one person climbing, one belaying, and one chilling. After climbing today and bouldering yesterday, my upper body is sore!
We then went to dinner at Lyra’s, a nice little restaurant in Rondebosch within walking distance that has pizza specials from 6-8 p.m. every night. Rocket (aka arugula in the US) on pizza is superb. Afterwards, we had some fun at the house and then we went to Tiger Tiger, a club in Claremont.
Went bouldering around Table Mountain with Wes and some locals he knew. We did it in the dark with headlamps! It was exhilarating! Making it to the top of a boulder and then seeing the city lights below was amazing.
My Water Resource Management class went on a cool field trip to Philippi today. Philippi is the only large agricultural area that has persisted near the City of Cape Town. This week our seminar focus was on food and water, so we visited a few farmers at Philippi. It was really interesting hearing their perspectives.
A PhD student came along also who is researching the huge aquifer underneath Cape Town. There has been little research done on this, and none on how surface water and ground water interact. There is potential to tap into this water resource as a supply for Cape Town.
Went rock climbing at CityRock, an indoor gym in Observatory, with Wes, a friend I met at rock climbing on Friday. It was a really cool gym and we had a lot of fun.
It felt so good to sleep in today. Mercer and I got brunch at Cocoa Wah Wah.
