Thursday Adventures in Cape Town

These past two Thursday's I have gotten the gift of journeying to the city with one of my best friends here, Annie. There has never been a time when I am with Annie, where I don't laugh. Annie and I took the Jammie to Hidding Campus, UCT's Arts campus located in Cape Town,a few blocks from long street. Our adventure began there. Chatting, catching up, walking down this beautiful street with cool hippy dippy clothing stores and incredible architecture. I had one of my "oh my gosh I'm in Cape Town moments, is this real life?" which I feel almost daily. My friend Lindsey was also with us for the first bit of our adventure and we all went to lunch. We went to a restaurant with a sign boasting all you can eat sushi, only 110 Rand! So we all got very excited and sat down. Little did we know, they were out of salmon and eel, the main ingredients in all of their rolls. Needless to say we received half off sushi, which was very reasonable.

We went into a few shops and admired the brilliantly designed clothing, cute furniture, and just the lovely shops in general. Lindsey had to leave, so Annie and I went to Mr. Pickwicks to try the famous milkshakes we've been hearing of. We climbed up some creaky stairs so we could sit on the balcony and admire the view. I ordered a cookies and cream milkshake and I think Annie got some type of yummy butterscotch creation. We both just sat devouring the deliciousness of our shakes. It was a brilliant way to cap of lunch..until we realized we also HAVE to go to Charley's Bakery, another must.

It was a definite adventure finding this place and we ended up stopping a police officer to ask for help. Even though this was a very famous place he was still unable to tell us where to go, so he phoned a few people, and pointed us in the supposedly right direction. A few lost blocks later and we had stumbled upon a beautiful bookstore and had been deeply desiring to get to. It was a gem of a place for sure. Wooden floors, big windows, and rows and rows of books. We were led to the basement/coffee shop, where there was some free finger food and wine, and an author who was to be discussing her book, although she was going to be speaking in Afrikaans. After purchasing a journal and a book of short stories on peoples lives here in South Africa..we continued on our journey to Charley's Bakery.

After walking down quite a few dodgy streets we saw the pink and silver signs for the bakery. It was the cutest place ever, and when walking inside I felt like we were on an episode of Cake Boss from how beautiful these cakes and cupcakes were. I got a vanilla cupcake with sparkling green buttercream icing and Annie got a carrot cake cupcake with buttercream icing. It was so delicious and after making it home I was in a sugar induced coma and took a nice long nap.

Charley's Bakery..check it out!
http://www.charlysbakery.co.za/