muizes morning

I did a quick search on the history of Muizenberg, and found out a few interesting snippets:
Firstly, I've often heard people wonder where the name came from. Well wonder no more: in 1743 Sergeant Wynand Muis became the commander of one of the first Dutch military outposts which was originally known as Muisenburg (Muis' Stronghold). His stronghold wasn't strong enough to withstand the British and after the Battle of Muizenberg in 1775 they Anglicised the name to its current form.
Secondly I found out that the oldest European building in the Cape, Het Posthuys on Main Road, was built in 1673 (a year before the Castle was completed) and has been many things from a pub to a lookout post (to a tourist attraction).
There's lot of other interesting bits and pieces on the muizenberg.info website, and the Muizenberg Lakeside Residents Association's facebook page has notices and info and other interesting or useful stuff if you're a local. I really love living in Muizies: fantastic surf in walking distance (when the south-easter isn't howling and during the week when the crowds are at work, haha!), Shark Spotters doing a great job keeping us all out of the johnnies diet (and pointing out whales to tourists), walk-on/walk-off mountains for hiking and climbing, a great sense of community where neighbours are often delightfully odd but not strangers, and, best of all, a whole bunch of my mates live here in walking distance :)

One thing Muizies is not is quiet, so this is a very rare shot of the village without a soul in sight!


6am and all's quiet in the village (except for the south-easter of course, which was howling as usual and the reason I was out with my camera instead of my surfboard!)