Pre Christmas Break in Cape Town

This week I am taking a quick, Pre-Christmas break and visiting the beautiful Cape Town. Every time I come here I stand in awe of how beautiful our country and especially Cape Town is.

Yesterday I went shopping at Canal Walk - I love to shop till I drop and best of all this shopping, is that while I shop I can walk my 10 000 steps for the day in a safe cool environment without realizing it.

After the great shopping, we visited the Grand West Casino and had a lot of fun (if you can call losing money fun

Today we visited the Waterfront and my husband actually shopped more than me, which is starting to become a habit.

On route back I purchased a magazine, The Big Issue. The Big Issue is a socially responsible non-profit organisation that enables willing unemployed and marginalised adults to take responsibility for their own lives through a developmental employment programme.

I bought mine from Lindilwe Mtsi, who sells this magazine in Beach Road, Sea Point and you can read her story on The Big Issue website.

So please if you ever visit Cape Town do yourself a favour and purchase The Big Issue - it is for a good cause

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