Boerewors roll for lunch

Coffee and a boerewors roll. You don't get more South African than this! Very delicious! And pretty damn cheap. This is the wonderful Truth Coffee Shop attached to the enigmatic Prestwich Memorial in Somerset Road, Green Point.

Window shopping

The shops at the Cape Quarter Lifestyle Village shopping centre in Green Point (near the new soccer stadium) are all rather upmarket. I think the word "lifestyle" is the giveaway. Its quite fun to walk around though.

Who will buy?

Today is so cold and wet and windy that I didn't even bother to take my camera out so this photo is to cheer me up with the promise of sunny weather to come. This flower-seller with the perfect perfect blooms is always outside Giovanni's coffee shop in Green Point.

Mexican style

I reckon it would be hard to beat this space for indulging in a smoky-chilly Mexican meal. It is upstairs on the Green Point strip - at a restaurant called El Burro. Sadly the table was booked - perhaps it's booked for months in advance, who knows, but my New Year's resolution is to get on to those comfy cushions and to order some fish ceviche which they were all out of last night when we arrived there on the sultriest of sultry Cape Town evenings. We thorougly enjoyed our Margaritas and real Mexican tacos and smoky chillies though.
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Green spaces

Cape Town has an exciting new urban park - Green Point Park - a creatively landscaped "peoples park" that includes walkways, open spaces and biodiversity gardens in the centre of the city adjacent to the Metropolitan Golf Course and to the new Cape Town Stadium. Go there to relax on the lawns or have a picnic at the shaded tables and benches, be entertained by the metal and wire animals that are part of the landscape and be fascinated by the interesting interpretation labels.
Or just go there to see the Belle Monde and their dogs go by - from their upmarket apartments on the beachfront at Mouille Point to the gym and coffee shops of Green Point. Entrance is free and it is patrolled by a pair of red-hatted City of Cape Town officials so it is quite safe.
(You will see that the slopes of Signal Hill are looking a bit blackened from a very recent fire that raged there two days ago.)

Bouncy mosaics

Today is Cameroon vs the Netherlands at the Cape Town Stadium. Be sure to look at these bouncy mosaics in the tunnel leading from the Fan Walk to the new Integrated Rapid Transit Bus Stop at the stadium in Green Point. They were done by Lovell Friedman especially for the World Cup.

Out but not down

The headlines of the Cape Times this morning was "Out but not down", and that pretty much sums up the feeling of South Africa and Bafana Bafana fans as they celebrate a win against the mighty France. They didn't disgrace themselves! These Macdonald's "waitrons" and a fan were taking a bit of time out in front of the Cape Town Stadium this afternoon - a day ahead of the Cameroon-Netherlands match that will be played here tomorrow night.

Volunteers

The area around the Cape Town Stadium in Green Point is alive with visitors who are already getting into the spirit of things for the match tonight when les Fennecs (the Desert Foxes of Algeria) take on the Three Lions (England's not-often-used official nickname). These yellow and green unforms are FIFA volunteers. The weather is looking ok - a bit hazy but not nearly as cold as it was for the last match here.