And we're off...

Monday morning was quite emotional as we woke up and had to say goodbye to Lyndall and Craig.  As tears welled up, Mel told Lyndall not to cry because you always see people sooner than you think you will. How true this turned out to be.

We planned to go to Paternoster for the night. As it isn't too far from Cape Town, we thought we'd finish off our TEFL courses and then head off mid-morning. When we felt that we had done enough work, we decided to pack the car. With everything packed, we needed a few things that we were storing in the garage and then we would be on our way. We went to get the keys that we were using, but they weren't in the box where they are usually kept. Frantically, we searched our car and the house - not there! We phoned Craig, but he said he didn't have them. So we phoned Lyndall, she didn't have them in her handbag but said she would check her car after ward rounds. So we carried on with TEFL for a bit while we waited to solve the mystery of the missing keys.

This proved to be rather productive, because we both finished our TEFL courses, and are now officially qualified EFL teachers (whoop whoop!!). Anyway - the stress continued, because Mel and Lyndall were the last two who had the set of keys which were now missing. We were worried that we had misplaced the keys, and were quietly hoping that Lyndall had.

Craig came back to the flat during his lunch break to see if he was a better detective than we were, but to no avail. The keys were well and truly GONE! Suddenly, Mel received a phone call - it was Lyndall. It turns out that, subconsciously, she REALLY didn't want us to leave and had taken both her normal set of keys and the set we were using! Ironic, because of what Mel had said that morning.

Ross met Lyndall to collect the keys. By the time he got back to the flat, we decided that it was too late to head up to Paternoster. We unpacked the car again and headed into Cape Town for some lunch. We found ourselves at an awesome place called The Beer House. They have 99 different beers! We had two beers and headed back to Craig and Lyndall's.

 

That night we went to Royal Eatery for some of the most amazing burgers and milkshakes that we have ever seen! We shared a beef burger with bacon, pineapple and guacamole and a lamb burger with mint sauce - AMAZING! We also had Smartie milkshakes which were delicious.

After dinner we took a drive up to Signal Hill and enjoyed the view of the Cape Town lights. All-in-all our bonus day was a great success!