Another Trip to Cape Town

So it was just over a month ago that K and I came down to Cape Town for a long weekend. This weekend, I find myself in Cape Town again - mostly for business, but with a long weekend in between, some relaxation too.

Came down on Thursday evening, in time for busy Friday, with back-to-back meeting from 8:30am until around 4pm. We met with various people, including the social networking team from 24.com, the New Media Head from Touchline Media, editor of Kick-Off, and finally the guys who run myvideo.co.za. A pretty good day actually - gained some good insight into what these people are doing, and also affirmed some of our thinking on what we should and should not be focusing on.

Tuesday we meet with Grapevine Interactive, Blueworld and MXIT. Much the same objectives as Friday - touch base with these teams, let them know what we are up to, see where we can work together.

In between the meeting though, a long weekend. We used to opportunity to fly K down for a bit of break. Saturday saw us catching up with some old work colleagues at Forrester's Arms in Newlands to watch the rugga. On Sat evening, we went for dinner with Lance and Cath, who are recently engaged and have just moved into their house in Wynberg. Had a fantastic home cooked dinner with them over a glass or three of wine.

Sunday was pretty much spent in the car - the weather was pretty crappy, but perfect for a slow drive along the coastline from Cape Town, up through Strand, around to Gordon's bay, then through Pringle Bay, onto Betty's Bay and finally past Arabella and into Hermanus. Beautiful part of the country, and a stretch of road that K and I have not driven before, so that was a bonus. We usually take the N2 to Hermanus, but the coastal road was a refreshing change.

Today was meant to be the golf day - but the weather is a bit temperamental at the moment - quite cold and windy. Not the sort of climate that makes golf pleasant. So instead, its been a bit of inner city exploring, cappuccino's and breakfast's at the hidden deli's along the way, and hopefully some catching up on a bit of reading this afternoon.