Sunday, we spent the day in the Cape Town area visiting the Jewish Museum where we also had lunch.
Monday, we drove through the wine country towns of Paarl, populated by the Dutch/German Huguenots, and Franschhoek, populated by French Huguenots. We wanted to visit the famous French restaurant Le Petite Ferme, but did not make it since there were forest fires and we were advised not to turn into the mountains. The whole area was socked in with smoke and ashes.
Tuesday, we drove to Hout Bay on the Cape Peninsula. There is a lot of commercial fishing here, but also tourist eating places. We took a boat to Seal Island which is a rock outcrop where hundreds of seals sit and sun themselves. The boat trip was an hour and even Lynne enjoyed it. There was a large group of high school students and a lot them got sea sick; it was a funny site to watch them go though the sea sick stages, but not for them.
Wednesday, we went up Table Mountain that overlooks Cape Town. It is only 3566 feet/1087 meters and a very a steep climb. But we took the cable car. I don’t know if we are getting lazy or our age is catching up with us. We spent a good half day trekking around the top and taking photo shots of Cape Town and the surrounding area.
Thursday, we took a good long walk over the Campus Bay. We had lunch and a little beach sun.
Friday, we once again went touring around Cape Town. We took a long walk from our place in Sea Point to Castle of Good Hope in the city center which is the oldest building in Cape Town.
On Sunday we flew to JoBurg and spent Monday catching up on R&R at the airport hotel.
Monday, we drove through the wine country towns of Paarl, populated by the Dutch/German Huguenots, and Franschhoek, populated by French Huguenots. We wanted to visit the famous French restaurant Le Petite Ferme, but did not make it since there were forest fires and we were advised not to turn into the mountains. The whole area was socked in with smoke and ashes.
Tuesday, we drove to Hout Bay on the Cape Peninsula. There is a lot of commercial fishing here, but also tourist eating places. We took a boat to Seal Island which is a rock outcrop where hundreds of seals sit and sun themselves. The boat trip was an hour and even Lynne enjoyed it. There was a large group of high school students and a lot them got sea sick; it was a funny site to watch them go though the sea sick stages, but not for them.
Wednesday, we went up Table Mountain that overlooks Cape Town. It is only 3566 feet/1087 meters and a very a steep climb. But we took the cable car. I don’t know if we are getting lazy or our age is catching up with us. We spent a good half day trekking around the top and taking photo shots of Cape Town and the surrounding area.
Thursday, we took a good long walk over the Campus Bay. We had lunch and a little beach sun.
Friday, we once again went touring around Cape Town. We took a long walk from our place in Sea Point to Castle of Good Hope in the city center which is the oldest building in Cape Town.
On Sunday we flew to JoBurg and spent Monday catching up on R&R at the airport hotel.
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What is the story with the cannon?
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