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On Friday afternoon we flew down to CT and arrived at my parents just before 9pm. Mom and Nicola quickly set about doing a practice run on our wedding cake before we watched showed the parents some of our Europe photos. Saturday morning we left about 8am to go do some birding at Zeekoeivlei on the Cape flats. We started off really well with good views of Common chaffinch that we've just seen in Ireland! But it was a first for us in SA so a really good sighting. At the sewage works we notched up all the regulars including Greater flamingo, Cape shoveller, Cape and Redbilled teals, Great white pelican, African black oystercatcher, Pied avocet, Common ringed plover and Marsh sandpiper among the more interesting ones. We made a quick turn at Rondevlei where we added African spoonbill and Threebanded plover before driving to Canal walk, looking for wedding shoes for Nicola. Although we visited every single shoe shop, there was nothing that was both nice and inexpensive. We had dinner at Cape Town Fish Market and then drove to Artscape Theatre to see STOMP. And what a brilliant show!
On Sunday I spent the morning finishing a video we were making of our Europe trip. Then we visited my granddad and showed them the video before visiting my mom's aunt and uncle. My mom's cousins also came to visit and we had a good chat before we had to get back home for dinner. Monday morning we got up early and drove to Panorama where I had to work for the day, while Nicola went looking for shoes again, this time at Tygervalley. This time at least she found a design she liked and plans to get someone in Middelburg to make the shoes for her. We flew back in the afternoon and headed home
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