De Waterkant

Had a property pep talk with Kate, the interim offfice manager, who also turns out to be the daughter of my boss and the same age as me. She drove me to De Waterkant, the Greenwich Village of Cape Town (yes, and as gay) with super cute rows of houses, sea views and (she said) totally affordable if you know where to look. She told me over a glass of chilled vino bianco about 'hospital bend', the road I should avoid driving on until I get more experienced that leads out of town. It is actually called that because there is a hospital there, rather than from the range of accidents that happen, but let's just say that the hospital was prodigiously located.

I've set my sights and my heart on this little sliver of land between Devil's Peak and the sea now. Screw compounds with swimming pools and gyms - this is the life. Let's hope it can be done.