Erika's project in Cape Town has kept her quite busy, but she's been able to use the weekends to see some of South Africa. During her last trip she climbed Table Mountain, toured the east coast city of Durban, went for another round of winetasting, and hiked up to Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope:
Meanwhile, Rob headed to Madrid and Seville to spend a few days with Jason, who was in country on business. Spain is absolutely beautiful, but Rob's pretty sure that the views he'll remember forever all pretty much looked like this:
Queen's Day is the biggest Dutch national holiday and Rob's friend, Brian, flew out to catch the big party. After the parade, they hit the Keukenhof Tulip Gardens, the Dutch island of Texel, and, of course, the famous Cheese Market:
Now that Erika's back in town, we just had a fantastic weekend with a barbecue in the park followed by a day on the boat in the canals, made even more perfect with the addition of our friends, Rachel and Shawn, who are visiting from Portland. Rob and Shawn are having a lot more fun than they're letting on in this picture.
It's been an incredibly busy and quick six weeks and with our return trip home, it won't be slowing down anytime soon. We hope to revisit some of these adventures and give them a proper write up, but just wanted to let everyone we're doing well. Oh, and if you haven't visited (or have and want to come back), we're happy to announce that we've decided to stay one more year, so there's plenty of time to come hang out with us!
*Okay, so technically neither Cape Point nor the Cape of Good Hope are the southernmost tip of Africa, but you get the idea. This footnote should assure of two things: This blog is fact-checked and Rob is a nerd.
