Long weekend...

Yay, it's a loonnggg weekend coming up! Like roughly half of Cape Town, I've taken Friday off to take full advantage of the long weekend a.k.a. mini-holiday. Relax, destress, garden, spring clean my house - looks like it's going to be a busy weekend :-)

So what have you planned for the long weekend (for those who were lucky enough to be able to take Friday off??)

As for me, I'm going on a hike tomorrow morning with my wonderful man, Andrew, and some friends. Elephant's Eye. I haven't been there yet, but it looks be to quite a stunning hike. Here are some links that describe the area (Tokai Forest) and some popular routes:

• http://www.crag.org.za/routes.html#tokai
• http://www.crag.org.za/eye.html
• http://blog.sa-venues.com/provinces/western-cape/elephants-eye-cave/
• http://www.take-a-hike.co.za/Cape%20Town%20Corner/Article%2002f/Hikes%202006%2015/Hikes%202006%2015.htm
• http://hiking-guide.blogspot.com/2009/08/hiking-trail-tokai-arboretum.html

At least the weather looks like it will play along - cool and cloudy with no rain (at least that's how I interpret WeatherSA's prediction of "30% [chance for] 0mm [rain])...

Hike and a picnic brunch, what better way to spend the morning of a public holiday? And sleep it off later the afternoon :P

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Okay, so that takes care of Thursday, what am I doing for the rest of the 'weekend'?

Well, Friday I'm re-installing my work-laptop. It's long overdue, and I don't have the time to do it during my work hours, nor can I afford to give up my pc for a day+ so that the techies can do their thing. I mean, it's not exactly rocket science, installing a PC... Just a mission to reload all of your software and get your short-cuts just right.

Besides the computer, Friday will be put to good use doing some spring cleaning, more washing, hopefully some gardening, weather-permitting of course.

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Saturday and Sunday, those are for pure relaxation! Maybe go see a movie, do some more reading (I was lucky to get hold of the new Dan Brown book - 'The Lost Symbol' - the day it hit the shelves. I read his previous 4 books ('Angels and Demons', 'The Da Vinci Code', 'Digital Fortress' and 'Deception Point') and found each one absolutely brilliant! This new one is just as good! Nothing nicer than to curl up on the couch in the evenings with a good book.