Sunrise in Cape Town

I woke up this morning at 6am for my first ever African sunrise. It is a very cold foggy morning in Cape Town, but the clouds cleared just enough for an awesome view. I have never in my life seen a more beautiful sunrise. Table Mountain and Lion’s Head are amazing to see from out here in the water. I took some pictures but they just really don’t do it justice. A lot of people were up early this morning to catch a view. We are still on the ship because the port is closed at the moment due to heavy fog. The captain has announced that we are in a holding pattern until further notice. They turned the engines off and so we are out here bobbing in the ocean. We are really tossing and turning, it’s kind of fun. Dishes were falling all over the place at breakfast this morning. Everyone is very excited to get off the ship soon. Hopefully I will be able to meet up with my mother right away. I am so excited to see her and share some of my SAS memories. I am glancing at a map of the world right now and I just can’t believe that I am at the very tip of Africa! What a great place to spend Valentine’s Day. Never in my life did I ever think I would be here. I am crossing my fingers that the fog will lift soon and we can enter the port. So now I guess we just float and wait…

P.S. Sorry that I haven’t posted any pictures. I have some really great ones, but they take soo long to upload and the internet is really slow and expensive on the ship. I will definitely try and post some in port or figure out a way to do it more efficiently. Worst case, I’ll just have to post a bunch when I get home.