Kalk Bay

About three weeks ago, I was sent back to Cape Town for a work event and my friend and I decided to take advantage of being sent out that way, to spend a relaxing weekend in Kalk Bay.

Kalk Bay is about a 30 minute drive from downtown Cape Town so it was perfect. We were able to enjoy the relaxation of the small town with its super hippie vibes, little shops and lovely views, but also had an easy drive into Cape Town when we wanted.

There was a cute little restaurant I really enjoyed called Lekker (which in South Africa, is slang for "good"). We also walked along the trail on the coast from Kalk Bay to the nearby surfer town of Muizenberg. I could have sat there for hours just people watching, seeing all the different surfers and paddle boarders along the beach and out in the water. We stopped for lunch at a restaurant called Tiger's Milk, which was also really good and had a nice view of the beach, before walking the same path back to Kalk Bay. We had good luck with food actually, because we also had a great dinner in Cape Town one night at Kloof Street House.

I'm not much of a shopper, but we spent one day checking out different shopping hotspots in Cape Town and each of us ended up with some artwork and clothing, so it was a successful mission. We shopped around The Old Biscuit Mill, which is an old factory yard that's been renovated into lots of shops and restaurants with vendor stalls on the weekend also. While we were in that area we also wandered the streets a bit and stumbled into a private artist's studio who had some really cool and affordable pieces so this is where the artwork came from! Then we headed over to the Watershed down at the Waterfront which is a huge warehouse loaded with vendor stalls selling crafts, art and clothing.

So all in all, it was a really nice weekend just to relax, eat well and take in these views.