Table Mountain - finally!

The way up: Plattenkliff Gorge

Yesterday, after work, Sebastian, Karin and I hiked up Table Mountain! Finally! It took me 4 weeks to reach the top, but I did! Of course Sebastian being here made us walk on a workday, but while we were on the road spring finally arrived in Cape Town! Suddenly it is sunny, blue sky and warm! Even in the school it is nice to be in! I don’t have to bring my fleece jumper any more! It was wonderful! Actually it was unbelievable hot at the start. The first hour or so we walked with sun shining directly at us. Not sure if that could actually happen, but it felt like my brain was cooking! Lots and lots of steps later we reached the top via Plattenklif Gorge. It was awesome. The view was clear, we could see all the way down to Cape of Good Hope, we saw Hout Bay, Camps Bay and False Bay, and Muizenberg, where we will go surfing today!

From the top of Table Mountain, we could see all the way to Cape of Good Hope

Table Mountain is huge on the top! You can spend hours just walking around on the top! The view is amazing to any side you turn. We were up at something after 5, the last Cable left at 7pm. We had a little picnic on top of the word, got a beer/savannah at the Café on the top and took the swiss made Cable Car all the way down again.

Pretty funny thing this cableway! It rotates while it descends, but not the whole thing, only the floor inside! So you really do have to step back from the windows, because they move around you – or better you move around inside them! Swiss technology, democratic if nothing!