HNY2015 from CT

New Year's Eve in Cape Town!

We started out at the Royal Cape Yacht Club ...

... where there was a Bring and Braai party with a band and dancing. The restaurant was closed but the bar was open.

So first we had sundowners on the dock ...

... with a moonrise over the harbor.

Then dinner. The club had set up and started dozens and dozens of braais along the waterfront.

Pick one and go ...

He caught and cleaned those fish today! What a great dinner for a catch and braai at the yacht club.

After dinner and a twirl on the dance floor, we drove back to the apartment rooftop just in time ...










... to catch the International Space Station passing overhead!





Happy New Year space explorers from the folks in Cape Town.

We joined our neighbors with some bubbly and snacks in anticipation of midnight and the fabulous fireworks over the V&A below.

The streets were wild!

Parties on the roof tops.

Parties in the plazas and piazzas all over the Cape Quarter.











Finally, the countdown to midnight and fireworks at the V&A!

Auld Lang Syne

We Skyped, conference called and Facetimed with our family back home in the USA. A family tradition. Then out into the street for the Malay choirs parade through the City Bowl and Bo-Kaap.

The parade started at Keizersgracht, proceeded along Darling Street, turning left into Adderley Street. Then a right into Wale Street, cross Buitengragt Street, and turn right into Rose Street before it finished at the corner of Castle Street and Rose Street at approximately 05:00! That was okay with us. There would be no sleeping anyway with the party going on down below our windows.

Time to go home.













This scene reminds me of the 4th of July NJ gridlock leaving the beach and boardwalks after the Point Pleasant Beach fireworks. Once again, I am so glad we were not driving and could just walk the two blocks back to our apartment!

HNY2015 from CT!