Cape Town -- in my top 10 of world's most beautiful cities

Cape Town is definitely in my top ten of the world's most beautiful cites and the drive to the Cape of Good Hope is breathtaking. Heather and I started our driving adventure in a Ford Focus. Both of us were apprehensive about driving on the left side of the road. The friendly South African from my trans Atlantic flight told me a helpful hint "drive on the side of the road that your watch is". Kind of a blond reminder but it worked. In case we forgot, the rental car had a reminder "DRIVE LEFT". Having safely left the hotel parking lot, Heather and I embarked on a tour of the Cape of Good Hope..passing Camp's bay where we enjoyed a lovely sunset and cool drinks the previous night, then on to Hout Bay and Chapman's Peak drive. For those of you who know California, this is the BIG SUR of S. Africa. The road is carved into the mountain side and there are breathtaking views across the ocean with turquoise water. UNBELIEVABLE. We were lucky to have a blue sky day.

Next, was Cape of Good hope and the hike to the first light house on the Cape which was built too low that is was obscured by mist in the night and tragically the site of many shipwrecks. The vistas here were again amazing...lush green foliage with cliffs and turquoise water.

Back in the Focus and we were off to Boulder Beach to see the African Penguins. Wow, they were hilarious. Absolutely a highlight for both of us. Heather got some fabulous footage of the penguins coming onto the beach.. the way they waddle too cute. African penguins are quite small dwarfed next to the seagulls on the beach and they have remarkable pink eyelids.

We stopped for lunch in small town just passed Simon's Town for Tea and Toasties and navigated our way to the wine region of Stellenbosh. The topography changed dramatically from sea scape's to rolling vistas of the vineyards. We arrived at Spier to luxury. Heather and I both in need of some TLC at this point. We arrived to our little villa with vineyard views , white robes and soaker tub with absolute delight. We quickly ordered some local vino and nibbles and got into relaxation mode.

Later that evening, we had an African feast tasting ostrich, venison, springbok and listening to life African music and dancing. We had our own private tent to enjoy the festivities from and had our face painted with African motifs.