We woke up early to visit the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront; unfortunately we missed the free shuttle from the hotel to the harbour. This actually turned out to be a good thing as under the blue skies and lovely weather we took a 20 minute leisure walk absorbing the sights along the way.
Honestly i love this beautiful city! Now to get my penthouse + mini yacht for my weekend home…
The V&A Waterfront is partially built on top of the docks of the Port of Cape Town where ships still do enter and leave. On the way we caught the site where Les Miserables shot it’s opening scene. What a contrast as the scene was so dark, gloomy and intimidating while the sun was shinning brightly into it that day. And of course i couldn’t resist fooling around in front of Elliot; the sitting Coca Cola man. Towering at 18m high; its completely made of 4200 coca cola crates! If you’re as curious as I am on how it holds up; its hollow inside where a metal framework is housed…
We were lucky as the Food Market was open (Wednesdays to Sundays 0930 – 1930) so we popped in for some sensory curiosity. If was filled with cute stalls of Biltong (very South African! its dried cured meat ranging from beef to game meats), chocolates, hungarian chimney cakes, argentinian empanadas etc.
Further down was the actual wharf filled with shopping and nice eatery areas. Truthfully the vibe was very similar to the waterfront of Sydney; with loads of activities along the wharf and people just soaking up the sun.
A local crew recommended Quay 4 for their delicious burgers; however as it was a bustling Sunday we were greeted with a long queue. We couldn’t be bothered to wait so we headed upstairs to the chain restaurant of Ocean’s Basket. Ordered the calamari 3 ways this time; grilled, deep fried and chilli calamari for R83.50/USD10.
Good fresh cheap seafood = happy me. Add beautiful weather to a beautiful city with awesome company; I really couldn’t ask for more.
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