Every time I hear someone speak about Cape Town, it s with positive sentiment. The cosmopolitan city; where everything and everyone is beautiful and everything seems to be perfect. Well, although it wasn t our curiosity that brought us to the Mother City, it was something that kept us busy when we visited.

No kiddies sized playpen
Standing on our balcony of our unusual Cape Town accommodation, I was enjoying the tranquillity surrounding me. We were living in a Tree House, but not a kiddies sized playpen. This tree house is an architectural award winning house. My friend and travel companion, Justin, booked it for us. He has a natural gift for attracting anything out of the

ordinary. The house is literally built high up in a tree at the foot of Table Mountain and no matter where in the house you are, you have a panoramic view of Cape Town.

Table Mountain
I was pouring the four of us some whiskey when I happened to look upon the slopes of Table Mountain and found myself mesmerised by the iconic mountain. As Cape Town s landmark, Table Mountain really makes it quite easy to travel, because if you ever get lost, you need just drive in the direction of Table Mountain and you re sure to find your way. Yet this was not always the case, Beth, one of our quartet of friends, informed us that Table

Mountain, in fact, used to be under water many, many years ago. Today this is quite hard to believe, since Table Mountain can literally be seen from miles away.

The Mother City
As I passed around the glasses, we toasted to the good life. Standing on the terrace we were enjoying the view of the Mother City. In the northern regions of South Africa, it s often said that Cape Town is called the Mother City because it takes nine months for anything to happen. Now although that is not the true reason why Cape Town is called the Mother City, it does reflect the atmosphere of the city. Everyone seems to be quite relaxed. An atmosphere most people

in South Africa do not get to enjoy.

A good old Cape Town braai
After our sundowners, we got the fire ready for a good old barbeque, or South Arica braai . As usual our braai-skills proved to be of the superior kind and I must say that the braai went down much better than I had expected. My appetite found the chicken more than sufficient and I really must add that I honestly think that the beautiful view of the city from the roof terrace distracted me while I was eating. City lights surrounded our Tree House and it was a spectacular sight.

Cape Winelands
I followed the spiral staircase from the roof terrace down to the lounge

where Beth, Justin and Simon were already relaxing, enjoying a night cap and talking about the day s tour of the Cape Winelands. Of course we bought enough wine to make any drunken sailor happy and make my bank manager cringe, but the fact remained that we haven t had such a good time together, the four of us, in a long time. Our previous trip ended with an overdose of bad luck and bad weather; something which made us sceptical to come to come to Cape Town, since everybody warned us, You better take warm clothes . Well so far we ve only had the most beautiful weather.

The Cape Town life
After a good night s rest

in my queen-size bed, I was ready for yet another fun-filled day in the laidback Mother City. I started my day with a swim in the Tree House s pool. Yes I know, a pool in a Tree House. Well, see, that s the only thing that isn t actually in the Tree House. It s a long narrowly shaped pool on the side of the Tree House and it s perfect for your early morning exercise. So after my swim and a good healthy breakfast we set off on a trip to Cape Point.

Cape Town made us feel like children. Children who were being taken care of by the Mother City while playing in our Tree House

and like children, we didn t have a care in the world.

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