Ballooning in the Winelands

It's been a while. I'm still in Cape Town doing loads of great things and having lazy days in between... Just enjoying myself soo much!

Have to tell you what I did this morning. I went ballooning over the Winelands of Paarl. That was amazing! It was my first time in a hot air balloon. 

The day started already 04.36 am when I got the wake up call and the

 final confirmation that we are flying. I got out of bed and drove to Paarl where I met the pilot, his crew and the other passangers. We took off out to the farmlands and found a nice spot to take off from. everyone helped to prepare the balloon. Well I must admit I did take photos most of the time, but I was the only one there without a following person. So I think I might be excused. I did help too.. 

When the balloon was out on the ground it was filled with air from the help of a fan. The air then got heated up by the burners and the balloon started to rise. 

We sailed in the air for about an hour, watching the fullmoon, the sun rise, the spectacular surroundings, the animals below us and it was all quiet, exept for an odd puff from the burner... So lovely!!

We landed and again helped to get the balloon packed up and

 back on the trailer before going for champagne breakfast at a nice hotel in Paarl. 

What a lovely day!! 

First couple of days in Cape Town

Hallo my friends. 

I have now spent close to a week in Cape Town. Crazy how times fly...

This first week, or I prefer to say couple of days, cos it doesn't seams to be as much, has been great. I got my self a car, so I can drive around the surrondings. It is scary how easy it is to adapt this time. To the traffic, leftside driving! To the language and to find my way in the cupboards in the house... It is like I never left... and maybe I didn't really leave!

These days I have tried to plan some tours that I would like to do. Hopefully I will be able to do most of them. Lot of the tours has a minimum of four people in a group and that is kind of hard to fulfil when you are travelling on your own. So now I'm busy waiting for the travelagancies to get back to me with details and to sey if there will be a tour or not. Let's wish for the best.

What I have done this week is quite a lot. I went to the finish of the big cyceltour Argus on the Sunday I arrived. On the Monday I got my car and went to the Tourism Office to get some information to work with. On Tuesday I got back to town to change the car... long story... On Wednesday I visited the company I worked for down here earlier. While I was there I left the lights on on my car, so I neede som help to jumpstart it to be able to get back!! I have had sushi at my favourite place, I have had calamari tubes at Ocean Basket, I have walked on the beach... I have even been to the Paschal Meal. 

AND - I caught this bad cough that I'm now busy trying to get rid off again!! 

This Friday will be a quiet one. I will stay home, watch TV and try to get rid off this cough of mine.

I'll get back to you when I have been on one of my tours, to tell you all about it.

Travel diary!

While I'm travelling I will write this blog only in English. Swedish readers are welcome to my travel diary at www.resdagboken.se. 

Since I have one diary in Swedish I will try and update this blog for you nonswedish.

The Saturday I have been waiting for for a very long time, is finally here. I woke up very early this morning, like a child for christmas. After a kind of bad breakfast (fridge is empty) a shower and some last packing, I was off. Took the train to Arlanda Airport. Where I am at the moment, waiting for my first flight, the one going to London. In London I transfer to Cape Town. Tomorrow morning I will touch ground in my paradise and I'm looking forward to it soo much!! 

here in Sweden it is gray and some rain and it is great leaving that for a few weeks to get some sun... according to my computer it will be about +28°C in Cape Town tomorrow...

I like! =)

Have to go now - boarding soon. 

See you all in Cape Town.

Last weeks news

The past week has been quite hectic and filled with surprises. 

Last Friday I went to the movies to see the premiere of a new Swedish movie (Morgan Pålsson, världsreporter - for my Swedish readers) made by my two favorite comedians. It was thier first movie, after years of TV and live shows (Hipp Hipp). I think they did a great job with the movie. The caracter they used for the movie isn't my favourite amonst all the caracters they have done, but I enjoyed the movie.

It was long hours at work and a few strange projects this week. The worst project I got this week I got on Thursday at about 10.30 in the morning, and the costumer had to have it on Friday... leaving me with about four hours to start and finish it!! It was a big half pallet display. And guess what - I made it!!?

Earlier that same morning I received my official invitation to the Paralympics in Beijing in September. I am selected as one of three international table officials for the Wheelchair Rugby. The rest of the group will come out of my students I've been to China to educate.

It's going to be such a great experience to go to Beijing. I'm so happy, honoured and excited!

Yesterday was a girls night out. Eleven of us started the evening with a very interesting winetasting and continued to a resturant for some great food and after that to the local pub. Late at night, or you can say very early this morning I lumbered home...

It put a great end to a day that hadn't been that great.. I decided to borrow the washing machine at work to wash some clothes. My plan was to wait until most people had left for the day, but for some reason I got the machine going a bit earlier than planned. About half an hour later they came running for me... The machine I was using was broken, and had been broken the last few months... and the only three not knowing that was myself and the two I had spoken to about borrowing it... So, now we stood there with water up to the ankles!! It was the company we chare building with that noticed the devastation when the water come in to them from under the walls... For the next 30 minutes there was about six of us trying to get rid of the water!! We left the buildning with all the doors open and a fan to dry it all... 

I put my laundry in the RIGHT machine and finally it was washed and dry!!

I felt relieved that I didn't stuck to my plan to do the washing after everyone left... =) 

This weekend I spend doing the last preparations for my trip to Cape Town. 

It is very close now... In a weeks time I'm in the air and on my way... =)