So! It has been some time since I have blogged, probably because I'm just so used to being here and I don't have that many new things to share. But...now we only have 38 days left! Which means its time to do all of the things that we haven't done yet! So I've made a Bucket List and as I cross things off I will likely be updating and posting pictures and stories about what I'm doing!
The first thing I crossed off the list today was the Botanical Gardens at Kirstenbosch. They are BEAUTIFUL gardens at the base of Table Mountain...just a cab ride away! Four of us went there today for a stroll and a picnic and admired the beautiful view and I took lots of pictures! It was such a peaceful place and today was the most gorgeous and perfect day in Cape Town...which is amazing because it is the beginning of rainy season and has been quite cold, but then absolutely gorgeous days creep in and it feels like summer again! It was so nice to see the sun and to lie in the grass and just soak it all in...knowing that I'll be dying to be back here in two months time, but also knowing that I am making the most of the time I have left...which is all we can ever do.
Its hard not to get caught up in the numbers....6 weeks...38 days....its hard, for me at least, to refrain from focusing on the future and of what I am doing this summer and how wonderful it will be to see my family and my friends and how many days I have left until I do. Its hard still, even after four months, to live in the moment...but I'm hoping that this Bucket List will help me to realize that there is no better time than right now, because I am here, and I need to make the most of every second while I can.
Here are some pictures of the gardens...and me in them!
I have plenty still left on my list....including trips to Stellenbosch vineyards and wineries (which we will hit up next weekend!) and many other destinations still to explore. I am even hoping to do a bit more traveling before it's too late! I'll be sure to share my adventures and I hope everyone at home is doing well! I love and miss you all and though I can't wait to see you, I still have some unfinished business here in Cape Town...I'll be home shortly after!!! ;)
love the pix of the gardens . wish i had been smart enough to have had a bucket list when i was 20 something...... oh well.
ReplyDeletestill not to late .....
so only a few more weeks left . make the most of them and remember it will always be there to return to . sounds like progrss on the "live in the moment " goal . i'll be here to help with the let's go to the beach goal
miss you
take care , love you
ab